Clinton takes her foot off the gas
- 8 years ago
Hillary Clinton is trading her direct attacks against Bernie Sanders ahead of this week's New York primary for a softer touch.
Clinton didn't take any shots at Sanders during her first post-New York rally on Wednesday night, instead delivering her standard stump speech and casting the April 26 primaries in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maryland as a "great opportunity to start us on the path to the White House."
Clinton continued the hands-off approach toward Sanders on Thursday in Connecticut, when she headlined a roundtable on gun violence, a topic the former secretary of state has long used to discredit the Vermont senator, whose record on guns is more conservative than much of the Democratic electorate.
Clinton only mentioned Sanders once during the event, knocking him for voting in favor of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act in 2005, a bill that gave gun manufacturers and sellers protection from liability if their products are used in killings.
Clinton didn't take any shots at Sanders during her first post-New York rally on Wednesday night, instead delivering her standard stump speech and casting the April 26 primaries in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maryland as a "great opportunity to start us on the path to the White House."
Clinton continued the hands-off approach toward Sanders on Thursday in Connecticut, when she headlined a roundtable on gun violence, a topic the former secretary of state has long used to discredit the Vermont senator, whose record on guns is more conservative than much of the Democratic electorate.
Clinton only mentioned Sanders once during the event, knocking him for voting in favor of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act in 2005, a bill that gave gun manufacturers and sellers protection from liability if their products are used in killings.