Hillary Clinton: Sanders ad attacks Obama, not just me
Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders' new campaign ad doesn't just go after Hillary Clinton, but after all Democrats, including President Obama, Clinton herself argued on Thursday.
"It's sort of a pox on all your houses for all the Democrats. And I think that that's what raised some eyebrows," Clinton said on MSNBC.
In the ad, Sanders says, "There are two Democratic visions for regulating Wall Street. One says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do."
The ad was launched with just about two weeks left before the Iowa caucuses. The latest poll in Iowa shows Clinton just two points ahead of Sanders.
On a conference call earlier Thursday, the Clinton campaign charged that Sanders' new ad violates his longtime promise: "You're looking at someone who has never run a negative TV ad in his life, and never will," Sanders had previously said.
The Clinton campaign this week has also gone after Sanders for his proposal to replace Obamacare with a single-payer health care system (some call it "Medicare for all"). On MSNBC Thursday, Clinton said she agreed with Sanders' aim to provide universal health care but said "the devil's in the details."
"I am both passionate and somewhat informed about how hard this is," she said. "So if you're going to say free health care, Medicare for all, you owe it to voters to say this is what it will cost, and you will have to contribute 'x' from your payroll tax, 'x' from the income tax. And if we're still going to hand it over to the states, the states are going to have to come up with money from somewhere. And you're going to have to kind of figure out how you work with the governor of that state."
Clinton also said she wouldn't rule out picking a female running mate if she wins the nomination. "I'm looking for a team," she said. "And the most important member of that team would be whoever I ask to be my running mate. And I'm not ruling anybody out."
CBS News' Hannah Fraser-Chanpong contributed to this report.
