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Clinton Comes Out Swinging at Sanders Wall Street Plan—Before He Unveils It

The Democratic front-runner's campaign is criticizing Sanders's failure to address the issue of “shadow banking.”

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Jennifer Epstein

January 4, 2016, 8:30 PM UTCUpdated onJanuary 4, 2016, 10:50 PM UTC

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is attempting to preempt rival Bernie Sanders’s big Wall Street policy speech by suggesting that the Vermont senator’s plans wouldn’t do nearly as much as hers to prevent a future financial crisis.

The Democratic front-runner has developed policies aimed at reining in the “shadow banking,” an area that Sanders’s proposals have yet to address. He's set to speak Tuesday in New York.