Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clash in first one-on-one debate

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Fireworks flying in their first one-on-one debate, Hillary Clinton accused Bernie Sanders on Thursday of subjecting her to an “artful smear” while Sanders suggested the former secretary of state was a captive of the political establishment. It followed Clinton’s narrow victory in the Iowa caucuses and came just days before the primary in New Hampshire, where Sanders has for months maintained a large lead in preference polls.

The presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders is establishing offices across the state while Hillary Clinton has a stark advantage for Michigan’s presidential primary in the latest poll.

“The trade deals we have are written by corporate America for corporate America, it has started a race to the bottom for wages”, Mr. Sanders said. Mr. Sanders said he has always been opposed to Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, while Ms. Clinton had to explain her change of mind.

Clinton supporters declared Thursday’s debate performance – in which she and Sanders argued over what it means to be a progressive – her best performance of the campaign.

Clinton defended herself by saying that she does not think one could find any person in political life today who has been subjected to more attacks and had more money spent against her by special interests.

“I am exhausted of the attacks on Hillary Clinton’s integrity”. “A vote in 2002 is not a plan to defeat ISIS”, she said.

“I don’t hear anybody asking Bernie Sanders for transcripts of some speech he made for a labor union”, he told host Andrea Mitchell on “MSNBC Live.”

“But experience is not the only point, judgment is”, he said, noting as he often has during the campaign that Clinton voted to support the invasion of Iraq – and he did not.

Clinton, unwilling to cede the issue to Sanders, insisted her regulatory policies would be tougher on Wall Street than his.

Benenson, speaking at a Wall Street Journal breakfast, said Clinton has been a longtime fighter against Wall Street excesses. She would go after “a broader target list” as president, including oil and pharmaceutical companies.

Clinton’s paid speech income took center stage in two Democratic events held this week. “He’s bean in Washington longer than she has”, he said. Support for Sanders, especially among the millennial age bracket, has surged since he announced his candidacy last May.

“On our worst days”, Sanders responded, “I think it’s fair to say we are 100 times better than any Republican candidate”.

The survey, carried out after this week’s Iowa caucuses which Clinton won by a hair, reveals Sanders closing in on the former secretary of state and longtime frontrunner. “We have to look at the threats that we face right now”.