Clinton says Trump is Not Qualified To Be President.
BERMAN: Donald Trump is ramping up his outreach to Conservatives. Today he addresses the National Rifle Association. But will Trump, maybe trying to play nice with fellow Republicans, he is showing no sign of backing down from his likely rival in November, Hillary Clinton. CNN's Phil Mattingly joins me now with more. Phil, a lot of attacks going back and forth.</s>PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, no question. And no matter what they're talking about, attacking one another, never very far from the surface. But the most interesting thing has been using the response to the downing of the Egyptian aircraft as kind of a window into two diametrically opposing views on foreign policy and national security. Two views that track almost identically with how they want their campaigns to be run. And it's an interesting thing. Hillary Clinton using this to fit very nicely into her narrative, that Donald Trump is simply not ready to be President. Take a listen to what she told CNN's Chris Cuomo.</s>HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I know how hard this job is. And I know that we need steadiness as well as strength and smarts in it. And I have concluded he is not qualified to be President of the United States.</s>CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: You don't ...</s>MATTINGLY: And Donald Trump wasting very little time firing back, pointing out that Hillary Clinton's lack of willingness to call this terrorism -- to even really weigh in heavily on the flight before investigators come to conclusions -- shows weakness on her part. Take a listen.</s>DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And it's a terrible thing. And he -- essentially, shouldn't be running for office, he doesn't have the right to run for office. And I'm saying to myself, "what just happened about 12 hours ago? A plane got blown out of the sky." And if anything -- if anybody thinks it wasn't blown out of the sky, you're 100 percent wrong, folks, OK?</s>MATTINGLY: Now John, what this really shows here is really the two views on foreign policy. Donald Trump, willing to be quick to the trigger, get out in front, attack immediately, say what everybody was probably thinking when they saw it. Hillary Clinton sitting back, letting the investigators, the foreign policy hands handle things before she's willing to cast judgment. Clinton's team thinks this makes her look good. You don't want to get over your skis when it comes to issues of foreign policy. But in a large way, this tracks exactly with how Donald Trump has operated throughout his entire campaign.</s>BERMAN: This is a fight that both campaigns think they are winning, by the way ...</s>MATTINGLY: Absolutely, no question about it ...</s>BERMAN: Very interesting to see. Unusual sometimes, in politics. Phil Mattingly, great to have you here with us, thanks so much. All right that is all for us today on NEWSROOM. "AT THIS HOUR" with Berman and Bolduan starts now.