Clinton, Sanders trade barbs in Prez race

The war of words between the two Democrat hopefuls spiked on Wednesday. Clinton, 68 has said she is unsure that the Vermont Senator is a Democrat, a day after 74-year old Sanders defeated her in Wisconsin primary. Sanders on the other hand alleged that Clinton is not qualified to be the President. “Secretary Clinton appears to be getting a little bit nervous. She has been saying lately that she thinks that I am ‘not qualified’ to be President,” he told his supporters at a campaign rally in Philadelphia.

“Well, let me just say in response to Secretary Clinton: I do not believe that she is qualified, if she is, through her super PAC (an outside funding group supporting Clinton), taking tens of millions of dollars in special interest funds. I do not think that you are qualified if you get $15 million from Wall Street through your super PAC,” Mr Sanders said. 

The Clinton campaign, however, said that the former top American diplomat did not say that Sanders was not qualified. “Hillary Clinton did not say Bernie Sanders was ‘not qualified’ But he has now, absurdly, said it about her. This is a new low,” Clinton Campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said.

Earlier in the day, Clinton said Sanders had not done his homework and he had been talking for more than a year about doing things that he obviously had not really studied or understood. “Really what that goes to is, for voters to ask themselves , can he deliver what he is talking about,” she said. 

Despite having lost seven of the last eight primaries and caucuses, Clinton continues to have substantial lead over Sanders in the delegate count. 

According to a McClatchy-Marist poll released on Wednesday, Sanders has a two-point lead over Clinton, 49 to 47 per cent. As per RealClearPolitics average of polls, Sanders trails Clinton by 5.9 points nationally. 

Despite denial from the Clinton Campaign, Sanders claimed that the former Secretary of State has said that he does not qualify to be the President. 

The verbal attacks between the two have escalated days ahead of the April 19 New York nominations. Clinton claims it as her turf, having represented it for eight years as its Senator. Sanders likewise claims it as his ‘home’ as he was raised there.