Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders put data breach dustup behind them

“Obviously, we were distressed when we learned of it, because we have worked very hard – I said in the beginning of this campaign, we want to reach as many voters as possible, and we have tens of thousands of volunteers doing that, and entering data all the time to keep up with what people are telling us”, Clinton said.

Clinton emphasized the need for two simultaneous fronts, one against the IS group and the other against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

“We have systemic racism and injustice and inequities in our country, and in particular in our justice system, that must be addressed and must be ended”, Clinton said after moderator David Muir asked a question about the current state of race in America. Getting rid of dictators is easy.

The debate was basically Bernie Sanders vs Hillary Clinton, the front-runner to be the Democratic parties choice to run against the Republicans, and she could see a spike in the polls by endearing herself to Star Wars fans across the country.

Clinton quickly accepted the apology and said she very much appreciate Sander’s comment. She could give Sanders a pass, as he did when she used a private email server while serving as secretary of state, or confronting Sanders during the debate. All of this plays to Mrs. Clinton’s strengths – not only as a hawkish former secretary of state but also as a savvy politician who follows the public mood.

The third candidate on stage, the former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, nonetheless butted in with a conspicuously prepared talking point accusing his rivals of “bickering”. I think that the concept is good.

Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley touched on the many issues heavy on the minds of Americans.

Sanders accused Clinton of “being a little bit too aggressive [in terms of Syria crisis] without knowing what the unintended consequences might be”.

In Clinton’s case, campaign manager Robby Mook said that information included “fundamental parts of our strategy”.

Mr O’Malley, who boasts less than 5 per cent of Democrat voters’ support, has struggled to make himself heard over the din of the nomination battle between the centrist Ms Clinton and socialist Mr Sanders.

On ISIS, Clinton is wary of a foreign policy that includes USA boots on the ground.

“Yeah, let’s tell the truth”, Clinton chimed in.

“She’s a liar and everybody knows that”, Trump said.

Sanders said that his staff “did the wrong thing”, but the Vermont senator also suggested that the issue should have been handled without a public spat between the campaigns and the Democratic National Committee.

“On Time’s website, for example, 84 percent of the 27, 246 who had taken the poll in the first 90 minutes after the debate said Sanders won”.

All three candidates stressed working more closely with Muslim-American communities to tackle radicalism at home – a sharp difference from the rhetoric of some Republican candidates. This was the last debate of the year for both parties and the first primary of the year is in New Hampshire on February 9.