Challenged anew, Clinton reaching back into 2008 playbook

“One says it’s OK to take millions [in campaign contributions] from big banks, and then tell them what to do”, Sanders narrated in his spot. Speaking in the ad, Mr. Sanders describes “two Democratic visions for regulating Wall Street”, a topic the two presidential candidates have clashed over repeatedly as the Iowa caucuses loom.

Sanders’ visit to the Ivy League school in Hanover, New Hampshire was greeted with an endorsement from former National Democratic Party Chair, Paul Kirk.

“I don’t think I’d make it past the first half hour”, Clinton said.

Hillary Clinton has slipped in the latest polls, with Bernie Sanders now leading.

“We were particularly surprised because he had personally pledged – and his campaign had pledged – never to run a negative advertisement”, he added.

A divide among Iowa voters highlights a growing gender gap between the candidates: Men back Sanders 61% to Clinton’s 30%, while women back Clinton 55% to Sander’s 39%.

“I still have 2008 PTSD, and I’m feeling a lot of it right now”, one Iowa Clinton loyalist who has been involved in both campaigns told Mashable.

Clinton, in an appearance on “The Tonight Show”, agreed that she and Sanders are “in a tight race”, a fact that she finds “pretty exciting”.

“It portrays a fact of life”, Sanders said of the ad during an interview taped for Sunday’s “Face the Nation.”

In a conference call with reporters on Wednesday, Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon defended Chelsea Clinton as a “very spirited and fierce advocate for her parents”.

Clinton has begun attacking Sanders daily as polls show the race for the Democratic nomination tightening.

They have sent out multiple emails to supporters warning them Clinton could lose in the early primary states, and Clinton’s daughter attacked Sanders over his healthcare plan at a campaign event this week.

Sanders and his top campaign aides appeared to contradict each other earlier this week on when the Vermont senator – whose recent rise in the polls has anxious Clinton’s campaign – will release his sweeping Medicare-for-all, single-payer health care plan. According to a January 7 poll from the New York Times and CBS News, 48% of democratic voters would pick Clinton compared to 41% who would vote for Sanders.