"Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled over her judgment and his grasp of policy in a tense
and at times personal debate here Thursday, less than a week before the pivotal New York primary.
Sanders began by explaining a recent comment he made on the campaign trail in which he suggested Clinton was "unqualified" to be president.
"Does Secretary Clinton have the experience and intelligence to be president? Of course she does. But I do question her judgment," Sanders said, pointing to her Senate vote for war in Iraq, her willingness for her campaign to benefit from millions of dollars spent on her behalf by super PACs and her relationship to Wall Street.
"Senator Sanders did call me unqualified. I've been called a lot of things in my life. That was a first," Clinton responded, pointing to the fact that she was elected twice to the Senate and chosen as secretary of state.
Clinton then counter-attacked, citing an interview Sanders gave to the New York Daily News in which he struggled to provide specifics about his plans for breaking up banks and other issues.
"Talk about judgment and talk about the kinds of difficulty he had answering questions, including his core issues," Clinton said.
The sparring continued throughout the night, so much so that at one point, CNN debate moderator Wolf Blitzer moved to break up the fighters.
"If you're both screaming at each other, the viewers won't be able to hear either of you," Blitzer said after Clinton and Sanders spent several seconds talking over each other." CNN
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