1 of Idaho’s 4 Democratic Superdelegates Support Clinton

The candidates began the debate with a moment of silence, joined by the audience at Iowa’s Drake University.

Sanders and Martin O’Malley both sought at the debate to paint Clinton as a favorite of Wall Street, with Sanders questioning why big banks and financial institutions were her chief campaign contributors.

He didn’t, and instead delivered a muddled answer: “We will talk of that bill which I agree with parts, I disagree – I am certainly absolutely willing to look at that bill and make sure – and not a form of the bill”, he said.

Clinton has said she supports 12 weeks of paid family leave, but supports a different way to pay for it, her campaign said.

HILLARY CLINTON: Attacking Paris, the city of light, reminds us that there is no middle ground in going after these terrorists. He called the threat posed by ISIS “America’s fight” and advocated stronger leadership in efforts to root out the fighters, but “collaboratively with other nations”.

“They have to get really into the weeds to try and delineate their policies”.

Forget the fact that much of “Wall Street” had already moved to midtown Manhattan by 2001. “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”. Only 17% said that they trusted Sanders most, and 5% went with O’Malley.

Just a day after deadly terror attacks in Paris, CBS’s moderator John Dickerson focused the candidates on national security. Sanders and O’Malley said the federal floor should be $15 an hour.

She also questionably invoked 9/11 in the context of it having happened geographically close to Wall Street, a connection that did not sit well with many viewers. “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”. “I don’t think you can paint with a broad brush”.

Clinton accused Sanders of impugning her integrity and said reinstating the law was not enough to rein in corporate influence and reform Wall Street.

Clinton & Co. clearly thought they’d found a way to spin cordiality with downtown financiers as something positive for the public – and thus counter suspicions she’d be susceptible as president to what detractors see as excessive Wall Street clout.

Accepting donations from special interest groups who expect something in return, like Wall Street bankers and labor union bosses, is likely a question which will plague many candidates – except Donald Trump, who is self-funding his run for the presidency.

Clinton, who has frequently called the Iraq vote a mistake, said it should be placed in the historical context of years of terrorism before the invasion.

Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for the 2016 election, was asked during the debate about contributions she had received from the financial industry and whether it would affect her plans to regulate it. Recent polls have found that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continued to lead the race, polling at 55 percent according to a recent CNN/ORC poll.