Clinton uses Sanders' rough Daily News interview to fundraise


In a fundraising letter sent out before the polls closed in Wisconsin on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton's campaign brought attention to the rocky interview Bernie Sanders had with the editorial board of the New York Daily News, even sharing the entire transcript in the body of the email.
During the interview, published Monday, Sanders stumbled while answering how he would break up the big banks (on Tuesday, his spokesman clarified his position), if he supported President Obama's drone policy, and even how you ride the New York subway system (he replied that you still have to use a token). Clinton's email called the interview "telling," and said while Sanders "clearly cares passionately about the things he believes in" and has been "a powerful advocate for leveling the playing field in this country," readers get "the impression Sen. Sanders hasn't thought very much" about how he will get things done.
The email urged supporters to forward the interview to others and post it on social media. Sanders won Wisconsin, with 56 percent of the vote compared to Clinton's 43 percent.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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