Sanders vs. Clinton: A Study in Contrasts

Although she made a tacit case against him by saying the USA can’t afford to undo gains made under Obamacare (something Clinton has warned Sanders’ plan for a “Medicare for all” system would do), Clinton avoided mentioning the name of the senator from neighboring Vermont, something she was not shy about doing in Iowa. Clinton scored 65 percent as the best to handle foreign policy if she was elected president, while Sanders scored 25 percent.

Contrasting Hillary with her chief contender for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders, Mr. Clinton said that the nation needs “not anger but answers”.

The survey from CNN/ORC shows Mr. Sanders, who was trailing Mrs. Clinton significantly in early December, erasing her lead and overtaking her. Likely Democratic caucusgoers now back the Vermont senator over Mrs. Clinton by eight percentage points, 51 percent to 43 percent.

On Wednesday night, the campaign sent out a fundraising email asking for cash to compete with Sanders on the airwaves in Iowa and New Hampshire.

SIEGEL: Well, this ad does not mention Secretary Clinton, but she’s mentioning him a lot – Bernie Sanders, as Tam has noted.

The former secretary of state joined Lovato on stage and thanked her for speaking out on complex issues such as mental health.

“The proposal would not succeed, but it would cause very real consternation among our allies and partners”, Sullivan added.

Hillary Clinton is beginning to dedicate more and more time to explaining why she believes that presidential rival Sen.

“When he points to the people in this room and he declares that you are what’s wrong with America, and part of the establishment that he’s up against, he is just dead wrong”, she said. With one of the co-chairs of her 2008 campaign now in charge of the Democratic National Committee and doing everything she can to make this a coronation, Team Hillary probably didn’t think they had any worries at all, especially once Elizabeth Warren vowed to not run.

Suffolk University has Sanders ahead by a much less dramatic (but still solid) margin, 50 percent to 41 percent, with O’Malley at 2 percent. Lower out-of-pocket costs? She said it was essential.

Sanders and Clinton have also both proposed comprehensive plans to address climate change, but Sanders is considered by many environmentalists to be more aggressive. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, a Clinton supporter who has warned about Sanders’ electability.

Of the issues most pressing for voters, the economy was the lead at 37 percent for Republicans to 46 percent for Democrats.