Hillary Clinton Just Owned Bernie Sanders on All Things Guns

Sanders said he had a lot of respect for the president, former Senator Jim Webb only said that he would rely less on executive orders, and Clinton simply called attention to her gender difference.

The War in Iraq was bound to come up, and Mr Sanders should have had a clear advantage when it did.

“Let me say something that may not be great politics”. “But I think the secretary is right, and that is that the American people are sick and exhausted of hearing about your damn e-mails”.

The crowd roared and Mrs Clinton beamed.

And Clinton appreciated the gesture as well, shaking Sanders’ hand and laughing as she thanked him. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken the server and other computer hardware to determine whether sensitive government information was mishandled in Clinton’s email correspondence.

The forum at the Wynn Las Vegas resort and casino was the first chance that Clinton’s lower-profile challengers had to confront her face-to-face as they try to upend what many Democrats see as her inevitable march to the 2016 nomination.

The runner-up in the polls, Sanders went toe-to-toe with Clinton on everything from guns to Wall Street. “We are not Denmark. But we are not Denmark, we are the United States of America”, Clinton said.

“He has been waiting for this his entire career”, said Greg Guma, who wrote “The People’s Republic: Vermont and the Sanders Revolution”.

“I did make a mistake, but I am still standing”, Clinton said.

Sanders has stunned political analysts and defied expectations, and is now just behind Clinton in early voting states such as Iowa, and is even ahead in New Hampshire.

The pair also clashed over gun violence, an issue that has shot up the agenda after repeated schools shootings. Voters want to talk about the issues affecting them, Clinton said.

Sanders began his response by highlighting his support for various gun-control measures, including an assault weapons ban and so-called “instant” background checks.

In his own answer, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley also cited global warming, though he ranked it behind other foreign-policy challenges. “Everybody else has to be accountable but not the gun manufacturers and we need to stand up and say enough of that, we are not going to let that continue”, she said. Below are our top six highlights from the Las Vegas debate.