The edges $\{1,\color{red}{2}\}$ and $\{\color{red}{2},3\}$ are adjacent because they both contain vertex $\color{red}{2}$. Miriam Briskman, CC BY-NC 4.0.
\documentclass[border=1pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\tikzset{
vertex/.style={draw, circle, very thick, minimum size=1cm},
edge/.style={very thick}
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[vertex] (1) at (0,0) {$1$};
\node[vertex, red, dotted] (2) at (3,0) {$2$};
\node[vertex] (3) at (6,0) {$3$};
\draw[edge, red] (1) -- (2);
\draw[edge, red] (2) -- (3);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}