Clinton, the former secretary of state, sought to frame next year’s election as a choice between her cleareyed approach to national security and the recklessness of Republicans who have demonized Muslims since the recent attacks on Paris and San Bernardino, California.
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Sanders said he did not want the USA to be worldwide policemen and said the troops on the ground fighting ISIS should be not American troops but should be Muslim troops.
Donald Trump’s “discriminatory” and inflammatory language means he is becoming one of the “best recruiters” for the Isis militant group, Hillary Clinton has said.
Clinton, the favourite to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, offered no evidence for her assertions.
Speaking during the Democrat candidates’ third TV debate ahead of the 2016 presidential campaign, Ms Clinton hit out at Mr Trump following his call to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the US.
In the second part of the debate, Sanders noted that big corporations have heavily supported Clinton’s campaign, claiming that US multimillionaires and Wall Street’s financial and business shenanigans are “destroying” the USA economy and the middle class. “Yes, we could get rid of Assad tomorrow, but that would create another political vacuum that would benefit ISIS”.
“I think it’s great standing up here with the senator and the governor talking about these issues because you’re not going to hear anything like this from any of the Republicans who are running for president”, Clinton said. Sanders and O’Malley did their best to anger Clinton.
“Arming more people is not the appropriate response to terrorism”, Clinton said.
“It’s very important we operate on both at the same time”. But she said Trump is being used by ISIS in social-media propaganda.
When criticised that that method has been tried and failed and what would he do if it doesn’t work, Sanders said “my plan is to make it work”.
“Let’s calm down a little bit Martin”, Sanders said.
Clinton also defied moderators’ efforts to cut her off at times, leading Sanders to call out, “Now this is getting to be fun”.
Accepting the apology, Mrs Clinton said: “We should move on because I don’t think the American people are all that interested in this”. Clinton’s campaign has accused Sanders’ team of stealing some valuable information used to target voters and anticipate their concerns.
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“I very much appreciate that comment, Bernie”, the former Secretary of State said.
