Hillary Clinton on Wednesday attacked her main rival Vermont senator Bernie Sanders over US gun laws at the Democratic presidential debate.
She has vowed to go after the makers of guns used in shootings, while Sanders has earlier expressed desire to give immunity to gun manufacturers from lawsuits by shooting victims.
Sanders returned attack to Clinton, saying her support for a no-fly zone in Syria would create serious problems.
His rallies have drawn big crowds and he has challenged Clinton’s frontrunner status in some key states.
A lot of the key exchanges came between these two, and the three other candidates on stage in Las Vegas – former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, former Virginia Senator Jim Webb and former Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee – struggled to make headway.
When Clinton said her rival was not tough enough, she was referring to him voting in 2005 for a measure to give gun manufacturers immunity from lawsuits by shooting victims.
The two also argued over the merits of capitalism, with the former first lady saying it would be a grave mistake for the nation to reject it.
‘I’m a progressive, but I’m a progressive who likes to get things done,’ Clinton said.
