Hillary Clinton comes out swinging in debate against Bernie Sanders

But both were animated when the contest turned to one of fundamental questions facing Democrats: has President Barack Obama gone far enough in his policies and if not, how far should the next president go?

The race for the nomination has been far from plain-sailing for the former Secretary of State and wife of former President Bill Clinton. His campaigns says it expects his impassioned calls for raising the minimum wage, breaking up Wall Street banks, and overhauling the current campaign finance system to resonate in more diverse states as well as it did in Iowa and New Hampshire. If Mr. Obama can get over it and name her secretary of state, why can’t we?

Both Clinton and Sanders responded. In my view a vote for Mr. Sanders is a vote for Mr. Trump.

She is wagering that voters excited by Mr Sanders’ inspiring message will reconsider their support when they learn of his lack of experience in foreign policy and his vague explanations for how he will pay for his expansive programmes.

Asked for clarification of his position, the Sanders campaign pointed to his previously released immigration plan, in which he vows to expand the President’s executive actions to cover as many as nine million people.

After a sweeping loss in the New Hampshire primary, Clinton worked to generate more momentum in the Midwest, specifically to African American voters who are more supportive of her campaign.

Seeking to boost his support with minorities, Sanders called for reforms to a “broken criminal justice system” that incarcerates a disproportionate number of minorities.

Sanders, in an effort to appeal to minority voters, talked about race relations in the US.

In the column, Albright said she still believes women “have an obligation to help one another”.

And I think when you give low-income kids – African-American, white, Latino kids – the opportunities to get their lives together, they are not going to end up in jail.

Sanders said he was simply moving to provide what most industrialized countries have – healthcare coverage for all. Ms. Clinton may not be President Obama or even her husband but she’s the best chance we have.

The exchange underscored the degree to which Obama’s legacy has become tug-of-war between Clinton and Sanders as the Democratic race winds into Nevada and SC, where minority voters play a pivotal role.

Priorities is the second-largest 2016 super PAC after Right to Rise, which supports Jeb Bush.

Though the group had planned to save its money for the general election, Priorities will now spend millions in upcoming primaries to promote early voting among groups likely to back Clinton, and to run pro-Clinton ads in SC, according to a report in the Washington Post. Clinton said those proposals come with unrealistic price tags.

Sanders didn’t shy away from the notion that he wants to expand the size of government.

For women born in the 1980s or 1990s, “to have a woman at the White House doesn’t seem as historical for them”, said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

In an essay in the Nation magazine on Wednesday entitled “Why Hillary Clinton doesn’t deserve the black vote”, Alexander accused the candidate’s husband of “ultimately doing more harm to black communities than Reagan ever did”.

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the first and only Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress, introduces Bernie Sanders at the Black America Forum in Minneapolis.

Clinton’s campaign also addressed the issue on social media, tweeting an assurance that she wouldn’t support mass deportation, but again sidestepping any specific answers regarding the deportation of minors.

This isn’t the first time moderators have ignored climate change.