Sanders Suggests Clinton Is Not a True Progressive
In a race for the soul of the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton has worked to reassure liberals that she's one of them, saying she is a "progressive who likes to get things done." , Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders questioned that claim on Tuesday while campaigning in Keene, N.H. When asked by a reporter if Clinton is a true progressive, Sanders said, "Some days, yes. Except when she announces that she is a proud moderate, and then I guess she is not a progressive.", , "I think, frankly, it is hard to be a real progressive and to take on the establishment in a way that I think has to be taken on, when you come as dependent as she has through her super PAC and in other ways on Wall Street and drug-company money," he continued. , Clinton said in September while campaigning in Iowa that she "pleads guilty" to being a moderate. Meanwhile, during his remarks in Keene to an audience of over 1,100, Sanders, who calls himself a democratic socialist, said to cheers was "perhaps the most progressive member of the United States Senate." , The two candidates have laid out different proposals on health care, tackling student debt and climate change, with Sanders advocating for a more liberal approach, including single-payer health care and tuition-free public college. Clinton argues Sanders' ideas are unattainable, instead calling for expanding on the Affordable Care Act and making college debt-free. , Sanders narrowly lost to Clinton in the Iowa caucuses on Monday, conceding defeat by a fraction of percentage point. Clinton still holds by far the most likely path to the Democratic nomination, though Sanders is up in polls in New Hampshire, the next nominating contest.