“But I believe that I’m the better person to be the Democratic nominee, and to be the president,” she said, citing at length her experience making tough calls on Iran and Middle East extremism while secretary of state.
She also repeated her acknowledgement that her Senate Iraq war vote was a mistake.
Clinton encountered a deflating moment when a young Iowa voter, during his question to her, said that while there was passion among his peers for Sanders, “I don’t see the same enthusiasm from younger people for you.”
Clinton, 68, countered by saying she has been a proven fighter taking on the status quo, and that “I’ve been on the frontlines of change and progress since I was your age.”
O’Malley meanwhile urged his supporters to “hold strong” and not throw in the towel.
“America’s scanning the horizon” for new leadership, he said. “We cannot be this fed up with our gridlocked, dysfunctional, national politics and think that a resort to old ideologies or old names is going to move us forward.”
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