The first one-on-one debate between Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders was underway Thursday evening, February 4, 2016 in New Hampshire.
The two took the stage in the MSNBC-hosted debate with just days to go until the first-in-the-nation primary.
They faced off in the leadoff Iowa caucuses Monday, with Clinton grabbing a razor-thin victory. Sanders appears to be leading in New Hampshire preference polls.
Hillary Clinton said Bernie Sanders is making an "unfair" accusation when he suggests she's not a progressive.
Clinton also says Sanders' definition of who is a progressive Democrat would leave out President Barack Obama and other party leaders.
Clinton and Sanders have been squabbling this week over whether the former secretary of state is a liberal Democrat. Sanders has cited Clinton's previous statements that she's a moderate, saying she can't be both.
Sanders says he does believe Obama is a liberal, despite his support for a sweeping Asia-Pacific trade pact that Sanders has called "disastrous."
Bernie Sanders says his liberal vision is worthy of the Democratic Party nomination even if he's spent his political career as an independent.
At the Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire Thursday, Sanders is stressing that he has always caucused with Democrats in the Senate.
He confirms he "would like to see changes in the Democratic Party" to make it friendlier to working people.
His rival Hillary Clinton responded by noting that many elected Democrats in Sanders' home state of Vermont have endorsed her.