Clinton Tries Playing Sanders’ Rhetoric But in a Lower Key
- Wall Street, economic inequality dominate in Wisconsin debate
- Two Democrats maneuver for Nevada, South Carolina voters
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In the first Democratic debate since her crushing defeat in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton tried a new approach to win back wavering supporters: Capturing Bernie Sanders’ anger without looking angry.
Clinton spent much of debate in Milwaukee appropriating Sanders’ positions in broad strokes, if not in detail, on issues from curbing Wall Street’s influence to righting racial injustice to expanding health care and college access. Sanders long has been calling the economic system “rigged.” On Thursday night, so did Clinton.