Sanders targets Trump in New Hampshire visit

Some of Clinton’s high-profile Democratic surrogates will also be fanning across the state, including Sens. Bernie Sanders’ “establishment” attack right back on him – saying he served in Washington much longer than she did.

In her second presidential bid, a defeat in Iowa could be considered a major setback for the Clinton campaign, as this is traditionally expected to set the pace and tone of the rest of the presidential season. But in theory, is it enough?

Earlier at a rally in Indianola, Iowa, Clinton repeatedly referenced Sanders by name and questioned whether his ideas could ever become reality. “I care about making a real difference in your life and that gets to the choice you have to make in this caucus”.

Sanders has proposed an expansive healthcare plan that would replace the Affordable Care Act and require increased taxes on the middle class. He has introduced the proposal as legislation almost a dozen times, with little support.

The Clinton campaign, facing a tougher-than-anticipated struggle, believes that an element of her opponent’s appeal is that he’s the flawless send-a-message vehicle.

“I think she’s a smart lady and I think she has a lot of experience and she could really do a lot of great things for us”, she said.

Some in the Clinton camp saw a silver lining in it, thinking it bolsters their case to take Sanders more seriously as a possible nominee.

She also told the crowd that Clinton was facing a “dogfight” in New Hampshire, where polls show Sanders widening his lead over her in the final few weeks before the primary.

Sanders, who trailed Hillary Clinton in the Granite State by a more than 50-point margin last February, now holds a lead almost double that of the former secretary of state, according to a CNN/WMUR New Hampshire Primary Poll released this week. “If we’ve got the right presidential candidate, we’ve got a good shot of taking back the Senate”.

“The fact that she could be first woman president is so cool to me”. She said she supports Obamacare and wants to expand coverage to 100 percent of Americans, though she never mentioned the term “single-payer” or the Medicaid-for-all system espoused by Sanders.

She wouldn’t answer whether Sanders was qualified to be commander in chief, but said she was.

As per RealClearPolitics, which aggregates all the national polls, Clinton has a 13-point lead over the Senator from Vermont.