Bernie Sanders slams Hillary Clinton at Democratic forum

Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O'Malley butted heads Friday night at a candidate forum — not technically a debate — in South Carolina. Both of Clinton's opponents criticized her for being slow to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, which President Obama rejected Friday.

"Unlike some other unnamed candidates, the issue of Keystone was kind of a no-brainer," Sanders told the crowd at Winthrop University. "It never made sense to me from day one."

Sanders also sought to distinguish himself on campaign finance, noting he's the only Democratic contender without a super PAC, The Washington Post reports.

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In her answers to host Rachel Maddow, Clinton focused on contrasting herself with Sanders on gun control, where the Vermont senator has taken a more conservative stance, and criticizing police brutality against black people.

"I still can't get over that Eric Garner in New York died from a chokehold," the frontrunner said. "Okay, maybe he shouldn't have been selling cigarettes, but did he deserve to die because of that? Absolutely not."