Bernie Sanders Calls Hillary Clinton's Silence on Trade Deal Offensive

Clinton has demurred about taking a stand on the legislation now before Congress.

Senator Bernard "Bernie" Sanders, an independent from Vermont and possible presidential candidate, speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, March 9, 2015.

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Hillary Clinton's refusal to take a stand on a controversial Asia trade deal is offensive, one of the Democratic presidential front-runner's challengers, Senator Bernie Sanders, said Thursday.

"I don't understand how, on an issue of such huge consequence, you don't have an opinion," Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist who launched a bid for Democratic nomination earlier this year, told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast.