Clinton shows political experience in debate marked by Paris attacks

Clinton acknowledged again that she made a mistake on the Iraq War. It was the Democratic candidates’ second debate of the campaign.

But Saturday night, Sanders suggested Clinton is in the pocket of Wall Street and tied her vote to authorize the war in Iraq to the rise of ISIS.

Bernie Sanders, asked about the donations that Clinton receives from Wall Street, mocked the idea that campaign contributions don’t influence politicians. The former NY senator and secretary of state doubled down.

“We are at war with violent extremism, we are at war with people who use their religion for purposes of power and oppression”, said Clinton, arguing the U.S.is not at war with Islam or all Muslims. One of the tweeters wrote that he had “never seen a candidate invoke 9/11 to justify millions of Wall Street donations”. But on Saturday they both got a chance they weren’t hoping for. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley painting the former senator from NY as a lackey for Wall Street and corporate interests.

O’Malley sought to separate himself from Clinton and the Obama administration, saying Syria, Libya and Afghanistan are “a mess” and that the United States wasn’t doing enough to build stable democracies after toppling dictators.

Not only was the event held on a Saturday night, it took place opposite a University of Iowa home football game.

Despite Sanders’ proximity to MA and his liberal take on economic issues, the support for Clinton in MA shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise.

The conversation revealed how Sanders’ message has helped shift the party to the left on a few economic issues.

“Then-Sen. Clinton did a great job representing her state at a time of bad tragedy in NY on 9/11, and we’re not joining in the characterization of her comments”, Devine said, instead seeking to focus on the “big substantive differences” between the two on how they would regulate Wall Street.

Clinton interrupted him to say she has “hundreds of thousands” of small-dollar donors, and then pivoted to her work as a senator.

The former secretary of state fought back, saying terrorism has been erupting for decades, specifically mentioning the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Molly Ball, national political correspondent for the Atlantic. Marco Rubio of Florida.

Clinton said, “This can not be an American fight, although American leadership is essential”.

All the candidates denounced the attacks, and the debate began on a solemn note with a moment of silence followed by the previously unplanned foreign policy questions.

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. “It was good for the economy, and it was a way to rebuke the terrorists who had attacked our country”.

“There are other ways to lead and to be a moral leader in this world than at the opposite end of a drone strike”, O’Malley added. They are members of Congress and other elected officials, party leaders and members of the Democratic National Committee. But he lacked a strong, convincing response to one of the debate’s final questions: When have you been most tested in your life, and how did it prepare you for the presidency? O’Malley said he has taken the toughest stance by supporting a ban assault weapons and a requirement that every person who buys a gun acquire a license and get fingerprinted.

Trump later responded to O’Malley’s insult on Twitter by calling him a “clown”.