Jimmy Kimmel asks Hillary Clinton: 'Do you feel at all sorry for Jeb Bush?'

Hillary Clinton was on Thursday's Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Kimmel opened up the conversation about the 2016 presidential race by asking: "Do you feel at all sorry for Jeb Bush?" Clinton didn't bite, saying only that Bush is a "very accomplished man," that running for present is hard, and that she has had her own share of bad days on the trail. Besides, "I just don't pay a lot of attention to what's going on on the other side — I've got so much going on with my own campaign," she said. "And I'm going to wait till they decide who emerges."

Kimmel pressed on, undaunted. When Bush comes up with a slogan like "Jeb Can Fix It," he asked, "do you guys, like, back at the office die laughing?" The most she would allow was suggesting that he put a phone number on the side of his campaign bus, so people could call about whatever they need fixing. But when Kimmel turned to Ben Carson, reading off a list of out-there things he has said, Clinton stuck her toe in. "Seriously, it really does matter what you say when you're president, and it probably should matter what you say while you're running for president," she said. "Because people all over the world — especially leaders, of friends and foes alike — they pay attention to what presidents say." Kimmel noted that Carson is beating Clinton in a hypothetical head-to-head in a new poll. "Maybe you should start saying some crazy stuff," he advised. Watch below. Peter Weber

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