Clinton battled back by saying Sanders was too soft on gun control and noting that O’Malley, while criticizing her now, endorsed her in 2008.
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Clinton told the story of how President Obama and she had crashed a secret meeting the Chinese were having and got them to sign the first worldwide agreement to combat global climate change.
The main protagonists in the debate drama clearly emerged as Clinton and Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont who has drawn huge crowds on the campaign trail. The former Maryland governor did a good job of matching his progressive credentials against those of both Clinton and Sanders by highlighting his record of passing gun safety legislation and raising the minimum wage.
But they aren’t the only two people in the race on the blue side of things.
Finally – what many voters, Democrats and non-Democrats alike, had been waiting for. From numerous scandals to Benghazi, you can bet that the other candidates will all be taking their shot at the former first lady, especially Bernie Sanders who has been climbing in the polls. In fact, aside from former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, they rushed to downplay her use of private email while she was secretary of state. Jim Webb struggle for attention, and Sanders cut into Clinton’s lead, somewhat surprisingly.
“Notice that illegal immigrants will be given ObamaCare and free college tuition but nothing has been mentioned about our VETERANS #DemDebate”, Trump tweeted.
In the debate Tuesday night, Clinton supporters wanted to see her lay out her plans for the country and share her vision. Webb is far more conservative than Sanders on guns, though.
Mr Sanders, a self-described “democratic socialist”, said he did not subscribe to the capitalist system.
“I think that Hillary Clinton has been flying under the radar a little bit, which for someone of her stature is pretty remarkable, and so I’m looking forward to her coming out strong and bold”. She then contended stricter gun control should be implemented. In a later exchange with O’Malley, Sanders defended his position, saying he’s from a rural state where positions on guns are different.
“Thank you, Bernie”, she said, smiling broadly and shaking hands warmly with the United States senator from Vermont amid enthusiastic applause.
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“All the shouting in the world is not going to … end this terrible violence”, Sanders responds, refusing to directly attack Clinton.
