Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders offered up some praise for his biggest challenger, Hillary Clinton, on CBS' Face the Nation and said he noticed some of the attacks are rooted in her gender.
"I can't think of many personalities who have been attacked for more reasons than Hillary Clinton," he told host John Dickerson on Sunday. "And, by the way, let me be frank — and I'm running against her: Some of it is sexist."
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