Clinton says middle class would pay under Sanders

“The_rise_of_Bernie_Sanders/” class=”local_link” >senator Bernie Sanders and former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley painted the former senator from NY as a lackey for Wall Street and corporate interests.

“Last night in the debate, Secretary Clinton, to try to mask her proximity to Wall Street, the huge amount of dollars and contributions she has received personally from the major banks of Wall Street, sadly invoked 9/11 to try to mask that”, he said.

In the process, she gave Republican candidates, who think the term “radical Islam” is as powerful as the words “no place like home” from “The Wizard of Oz, ” an attack ad soundbite for the general election.

Sanders linked Clinton’s US Senate vote authorizing the Iraq invasion to the regional chaos that followed.

Clinton countered, saying her relationship with Wall Street was forged in the wreckage of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

“We have to look at ISIS as the leading threat of an global terror network”, Clinton said in response to a question about whether the Obama administration “underestimated” ISIS. “We are at war with people who use their religion for purposes of power and oppression'”. Barack Obama to victory in 2008.

While Democrats displayed equal determination to eradicate jihadism, fissures appeared between the candidates on whether the United States should lead the struggle. OMalleys biggest problem that he remains the third wheel in a two person race and despite brining up a few good points throughout the debate, he does not seem to making much progress.

In recent weeks, she has called for a more aggressive U.S. role in the Syrian conflict, including a no-fly zone over the area, a move the Obama administration opposes.

Both candidates touched on similar issues as Saturday night’s debate but supporters say they don’t mind.

Hillary Clinton accused him of impugning her integrity and Bill Clinton on Sunday dismissed the attacks, with a shake of his head: “It is a stretch”, he said. “I don’t want us to be painting with too broad a brush”. Marco Rubio and other Republican candidates as unnecessarily offensive to American Muslims.

The terrorist attacks in France have already had an impact on the race for the White House, with presidential hopefuls condemning the violence, criticising each other for failing to tackle the rise of Islamic extremism and offering their own remedies for reducing the risk.

“I think what the president has consistently said-which I agree with-is that we will support those who take the fight to [the Islamic State]”, Clinton said.

The plan backed by Sanders, a senator from Vermont, would be paid for with an increase in the payroll tax that would cost the average worker about $72 a year. Among the top donors reported by Priorities USA Action, a super PAC supporting the Clinton campaign, only one has ties to Citigroup or Goldman. “I waited and I got the scars to show for it”.

They were comments that both her rivals for the Democratic nomination seized upon, but for different reasons. Pointing to Sanders’ vote on gun legislation, she said, “That was a bad mistake”.

“This is an incredibly complicated region of the world”, Clinton said.