Hillary Clinton has questioned Bernie Sanders' electability. She's criticized his plans for health care, foreign policy and Wall Street. And she's tagged him with flip-flopping on gun control.
Shouting over each other at times, the two engaged in some of their toughest exchanges of the campaign, underscoring the narrowing race in Iowa and New Hampshire.
He rebutted critics, naysayers and the GOP white house hopefuls, but also acknowledged his own failure to transform the country's bitter politics and unite the nation.
Bernie Sanders has been putting up major advertising cash to seize momentum heading into the Democratic presidential primaries -- outspending his rival Hillary Clinton just as voters are beginning to pay attention to the race.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are fighting for support among Nevada Democrats, looking beyond the leadoff contests of Iowa and New Hampshire to a state that could play a pivotal role in the nomination fight.
Wary of another mishap in Iowa, Clinton is preaching a message of urgency, challenging her supporters to dig in during the final month before the state's lead-off presidential caucus.
Months of intense focus on the Republican race -- and front-runner Donald Trump -- have reverberated through the Democratic field, prompting front-runner Hillary Clinton to turn her attention to her would-be GOP challengers and leaving her chief rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, gasping for airtime.
President Barack Obama, in a broadside against the leading Republican presidential candidate, says billionaire Donald Trump is "exploiting" the fears that working-class men in particular have about the economy and stagnant wages.