Hillary Clinton tackles Iraq War vote again, saying 'vote in 2002' isn't 'plan to defeat ISIS in 2016'

When Thursday night's Democratic debate in Milwaukee turned to foreign policy, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) did not waste much time bringing up Hillary Clinton's 2002 vote to authorize the use of military force in Iraq. As he had brought this up before, Clinton was ready. "I do not believe a vote in 2002 is a plan to defeat ISIS in 2016," she said. "It's very important we focus on the threats we face today, and that we understand the dangerous and complicated world we're in."

Then she repeated her Obama-trusted-me line: "As we all remember, Sen. Obama, when he ran against me, was against the war in Iraq. And yet, when he won, he turned to me, trusting my judgment, my experience, to become secretary of state."

Sanders said that Clinton clearly has a wealth of experience in foreign policy, but repeated his line that experience isn't the only thing that matters and voters should look at judgment, too, and his judgment on the Iraq War vote was better than Clinton's.

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