Hillary Clinton tempers Sanders critique in New Hampshire

He acknowledges that Sanders – trouncing Clinton in a CNN poll of New Hampshire Democratic Primary voters this week – has run a good campaign for president so far, but Currie doesn’t fear an upset.

The former first lady, former NY senator and former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, who enjoys a worldwide following, started as a Democratic favourite when she announced her candidature last spring. “Sometimes it can sound like he really hasn’t thought it through”.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses supporters during a rally Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in Vinton, Iowa.

The Vermont senator got the support of 51% of likely Iowa caucus-goers, compared to 43% for Clinton, according to the latest CNN/ORC poll.

Hillary Clinton bluntly acknowledged Friday that she is trailing Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire, telling an audience at a women’s health dinner in Concord that she’s been here before and knows what it takes to come back. “I like his ideas, but he can’t get them accomplished”.

Lower drug prices? Clinton said she’d work on it. Three free doctor visits a year for people?

The poll adds to the trend of a surge for Sanders in the early states of Iowa and New Hampshire over the past few weeks.

The other key metric which showed a dramatic reversal was the way in individuals think Sanders does a better job of representing their own personal values as Democrats.

Clinton is in a close race in Iowa with Vermont Sen.

“We need someone in the White House who understands that NARAL and Planned Parenthood aren’t part of the establishment”, she said at the dinner, hosted by NARAL Pro-Choice America and organized to commemorate the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

The honesty of a presidential candidate is a legitimate campaign issue, and a perfectly appropriate one for Sanders to raise.

Jake Sullivan, Clinton’s senior policy adviser and a lead negotiator on the Iran deal, challenges Sanders’ call for normalize relations with Iran.

Clinton said, “I have proposed a ‘fair share surcharge, ‘ a 4 percent surcharge on people making $5 million or more. He later was forced to apologize for his lies about her”, said Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs. Bernie Sanders over the issue of foreign policy, attempting to depict him as a novice on the issue. “And maybe Bernie’s theories have enabled her to step a little more to the left in what she talks about”.