http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/clinton-blames-sanders-for-election-loss-in-new-book/
"Because we agreed on so much, Bernie couldn’t make an argument against me in this area on policy, so he had to resort to innuendo and impugning my character," Clinton wrote. "When I finally challenged Bernie during a debate to name a single time I changed a position or a vote because of a financial contribution, he couldn’t come up with anything. Nonetheless, his attacks caused lasting damage, making it harder to unify progressives in the general election and paving the way for Trump’s ‘Crooked Hillary’ campaign."
Clinton also discussed the fact Sanders isn't a Democrat, something he has openly acknowledged on several occasions despite of running for president as a Democratic candidate, and used this to characterize him as a disrupter.
"[Sanders] didn’t get into the race to make sure a Democrat won the White House, he got in to disrupt the Democratic Party," she wrote.
The former secretary of state is evidently frustrated about Sanders's effect on the election and seems to have ongoing questions about his motives for running.
With that said, Clinton applauded Sanders for mobilizing young people and getting them excited about politics, and said he was right to say Democrats need to spend more time focusing on working families.
But, in the end, Clinton thinks Sanders "was fundamentally wrong" about the Democratic Party and wishes he was a "proud Democrat" like her.
"Because we agreed on so much, Bernie couldn’t make an argument against me in this area on policy, so he had to resort to innuendo and impugning my character," Clinton wrote. "When I finally challenged Bernie during a debate to name a single time I changed a position or a vote because of a financial contribution, he couldn’t come up with anything. Nonetheless, his attacks caused lasting damage, making it harder to unify progressives in the general election and paving the way for Trump’s ‘Crooked Hillary’ campaign."
Clinton also discussed the fact Sanders isn't a Democrat, something he has openly acknowledged on several occasions despite of running for president as a Democratic candidate, and used this to characterize him as a disrupter.
"[Sanders] didn’t get into the race to make sure a Democrat won the White House, he got in to disrupt the Democratic Party," she wrote.
The former secretary of state is evidently frustrated about Sanders's effect on the election and seems to have ongoing questions about his motives for running.
With that said, Clinton applauded Sanders for mobilizing young people and getting them excited about politics, and said he was right to say Democrats need to spend more time focusing on working families.
But, in the end, Clinton thinks Sanders "was fundamentally wrong" about the Democratic Party and wishes he was a "proud Democrat" like her.
