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Credit: kakissel / photo on flickrToday, Hillary Clinton is beginning the launch of her plan to allegedly make college more accessible to Americans without forcing them into huge loads of debt.

Clinton is pitching her new $350 billion plan to address higher education costs and student debt during a town hall meeting in New Hampshire.

“You can see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever”, Donald Trump had said, suggesting that the woman presidential debate moderator was tough on him because she was menstruating.

Clinton’s campaign also released a video highlighting a number of students who have been saddled with up to $200,000 in student debt.

Dubbed the New College Compact, the plan seeks to reduce the cost of four-year public colleges to such an extent that a loan would be unnecessary, and to make two-year community colleges tuition-free, Xinhua reported.

Republicans criticized Clinton’s plan soon after it was announced. “It will depend on the student circumstances and the institution they are going to”.

Clinton’s plan would allow graduates to refinance existing loans at current rates, and would consolidate four existing programs that allow graduates to make income-based loan payments into one that caps repayment at 10 percent of income, with the balance forgiven after 20 years.

Private universities with “modest endowments” that serve a higher percentage of low-income students, including historically black colleges, would also receive federal funds to help lower the costs of attendance and improve graduation rates. It would be paid for by closing tax loopholes on high-income taxpayers. That proposal, which has long been included in President Barack Obama’s annual budget, would raise more than $600 billion in the next decade, according to the Treasury Department.

The Democratic front-runner has frequently lamented the high interest rates on some college loans.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley unveiled a debt-free college plan in July, promising to lower tuition at state college and universities and tying loan repayment to income. Families still would be required to contribute, but students wouldn’t have to take out loans to attend public schools.

A fact sheet points to a proposal co-sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. “Offensive, outrageous, pick your adjective”, Clinton told reporters following a campaign event here focused on making college more affordable.

But, she said, she worries for women “who may not have the opportunity to defend themselves, who may lose the right to exercise a personal choice if certain of the Republicans were to be successful – I don’t want that forgotten”. The policy rollout is timed for when students return to college campuses. Bernie Sanders of Vermont – have already made college affordability plans a cornerstone of their campaigns.