"Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton took the stage separately Wednesday night in a "presidential town hall" forum on CNN. Moderator Anderson Cooper and New Hampshire voters peppered them with questions ranging from the political to the personal.
"There’s nothing wrong with being moderate. Some of my best friends are moderates," Sanders said at an afternoon press conference. "But you can’t go around saying ‘I’m a progressive,’ and then say
‘I’m accused of being a moderate and I plead guilty to that.'"
"There’s nothing wrong with being moderate. Some of my best friends are moderates," Sanders said at an afternoon press conference. "But you can’t go around saying ‘I’m a progressive,’ and then say
On Wednesday night though, Clinton struck back. "I was somewhat amazed today that Senator Sanders set himself up to be the gatekeeper on who is the progressive,” she told Anderson Cooper,...
"Do you still believe there's a vast right-wing conspiracy?” he asked.
"Don't you?” Clinton replied, without skipping a beat.
A rabbi asked Hillary Clinton about how she weighs ego and humility, and the former secretary of state, who has spent over two decades in the public spotlight, gave a very personal answer about seeking guidance from faith-based literature.
"I read a treatment of the prodigal son parable by a Jesuit poet," she said, "There was a line in it that became just a lifeline for me and it basically is, practice the discipline of gratitude. So regardless of how hard the days are, how difficult the decisions are, be grateful, be grateful for being a human being, being part of the universe, be grateful for your limitations." ABC
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