Clinton reminded Iowans that she even had an ad in their state, during her first run for president in the 2008 cycle, which warned about the coming mortgage crisis.
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Sanders, however, tried to turn foreign policy in his favor when talking about the war in Iraq. “She is proud to have stood by her home state economy after disaster struck early in her time as Senator, and using that to falsely represent her record on financial regulation is unfair and wrong”, the aide added. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) – and was roundly criticized on Twitter.
The missteps are emblematic of a concern that has dogged Clinton’s candidacy.
Here was presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, engaged in a Democratic debate barely a day after horrific massacres in Paris. CNN’s debate was held on a Tuesday night in October, and there was also seemingly less awareness of the second debate, which was broadcast on CBS. “I can guarantee that this will appear in a few ad at a few point”, said pollster Frank Luntz.
Delgates at the Democratic convention are elected to vote for the candidate they support.
Opponents jumped on the other moments, too.
“That would be like saying we weren’t at war with Nazis, because we were afraid to offend a few Germans who may have been members of the Nazi Party but weren’t violent themselves”, Rubio said during a 15 November interview on ABC’s This Week.
During the debate, Sanders called out Clinton for her relationship with Wall Street bankers in the past, specifically the multiple super PACs she has, according to Mic, which can “take limitless sums of money from corporations”.
Pamieri quoted Clinton as saying, “Yeah, I was the senator from NY after 9/11”.
Just 16 days after the September 11, 2001 attacks, in which two planes flew into and brought down the Twin Towers in NY, Bush said the following in an address to airline employees in Chicago: “Americans understand we fight not a religion; ours is not a campaign against the Muslim faith”. She talked of using airpower, training and equipping forces in the region and pushes our allies – especially Turkey and the Gulf States – to make up their minds about how much they’re going to help in this effort. That was good for NY. And it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked our country.
Clinton fired back at her main rival on gun control. Where Clinton was weakest was on Wall Street.
For a moment, Clinton paused, seemingly stunned by the implication that she had politicized the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Three-quarters of the debate watchers surveyed said that they had the most faith Clinton on national security issues. “He is the foremost expert in our country on the minimum wage and what its effects are, and the overall message is that it doesn’t result in job loss”, said Mrs. Clinton, who attributed her hesitancy to the lack of worldwide comparisons, heeding the advice of Mr. Kreuger.
The Associated Press attempted to contact all 25 of the state’s Democratic superdelegates to see which, if any candidate they’ve made a decision to support already.
Clinton did not revisit her Wall Street remarks in an address to central Iowa Democrats on Sunday, where she was accompanied by former president Bill Clinton. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley offered his own condemnation, painting a picture of a world in flames and an Obama-led strategy that’s been “not so very good at anticipating threats”. That drew quick responses from both O’Malley and Sen. “You know, maybe they’re dumb and they don’t know what they’re going to get, but I don’t think so”, the senator continued.
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Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri defended the debate comments, saying Sen. She has the deepest understanding of the issues – particularly foreign policy having been secretary of state – and is a sharp, quick debater. “It can not be contained; it must be defeated”, said Hillary Clinton, distancing herself from President Obama who stated about ISIS “I don’t think they’re gaining strength … and we have contained them”.
