Donald Trump slams Bill Clinton as sexist amid clash with Hillary


In an ongoing feud with Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump bashed her husband as sexist Saturday, alluding to former President Bill Clinton's Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Having a "penchant for sexism" is how Hillary Clinton described Trump in a recent Des Moines Register interview. That, in turned, had stemmed from Trump's comment that she was "schlonged" by Barack Obama in 2008.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
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