Hillary Clinton on Sunday continued to chastise Donald Trump, hammering home a message that stands to become a major theme of her likely general-election opponent.
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It’s a double-digit leap for Trump who, in March, trailed among registered voters by 9 points. Both the Washington Post/ABC News poll and the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll show the two candidates in a statistical tie with each other.
“Unlike Donald Trump, I will not pander to the gun lobby, and we will not be silenced and we will not be intimidated”, Clinton said.
Clinton is perceived positively by less than one-third of American voters, according to the new poll from CBS, while just one-in-four view Trump favourably.
“Independents are the largest voting population in the US”.
She adds that she hasn’t thought about doing another debate with Sanders, in California ahead of that state’s primary.
However, Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont, who is the Democratic primary rival of Clinton, maintains a lead over Trump in these polls.
Mr Sanders still faces long odds of wresting the Democratic nomination from Mrs. Clinton. And he took aim at Clinton, who has called for stricter background checks and for closing gun-show loopholes that make it easier for people to get firearms.
Trump also planned to meet on Monday with U.S. Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, a source close to the Trump campaign said.
Still, Sanders said that despite his “steep hill” to the nomination it’s far too early for Clinton to assert – as she’s done in recent days – that she will certainly be the Democratic nominee.
“We’re not here to take away your guns”, said Brown, as Clinton looked up from a table in front of her. “We are here to promote common-sense gun laws”. “We are getting rid of gun-free zones”, he said.
“I know how hard this job is, and I know that we need steadiness as well as strength”, she told CNN, “and I have concluded that he is not qualified to be president of the United States”.
Fifty-eight percent view Trump unfavorably, while 54 percent hold a negative opinion of Clinton.
Clinton downplayed the erosion of her advantage and said she was a better choice to defeat Trump than Sanders Sunday.
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Democrats backing each of the candidates sat side-by-side with no drama, pleasantly chatting about issues and the election while the party chose its final delegates to the national convention in Philadelphia.
