--- title: Democratic Debate: Watch Highlights in 4 Minutes description: Watch all the action in the last Democratic debate before Iowa. canonical: https://time.com/4184163/democratic-debate-watch-summary/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-18T06:00:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:12:52.471Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch the 4th Democratic Debate in Less Than 4 Minutes og:description: See the highlights og:url: https://time.com/4184163/democratic-debate-watch-summary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6daecef51645846b/6988798a2dce0174119e7643/democratic-debate-omalley-clinton-sanders-0041.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, center, Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. left, and Democratic presidential candidate, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, right, seems to speaks at the same time, during t og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the 4th Democratic Debate in Less Than 4 Minutes twitter:description: See the highlights twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6daecef51645846b/6988798a2dce0174119e7643/democratic-debate-omalley-clinton-sanders-0041.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the 4th Democratic Debate in Less Than 4 Minutes by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jan 18, 2016 6:00 AM UTC  Democratic presidential candidates (from left) Martin O'Malley, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders seem to speak at the same time during the NBC - YouTube Democratic presidential debate at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, S.C. on Jan. 17, 2016. Democratic presidential candidates (from left) Martin O'Malley, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders seem to speak at the same time during the NBC - YouTube Democratic presidential debate at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, S.C. on Jan. 17, 2016.Mic Smith—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jan 18, 2016 6:00 AM UTC The Democratic presidential candidates [duked it out Sunday at the their last debate](http://time.com/4184135/democratic-debate-charleston-analysis/) before the Iowa Caucus. Front-runner [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4183978/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-guns/) faced off with opponents [Bernie Sanders](http://time.com/4183979/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-criminal-justice-wall-street/) and Martin O’Malley in Charleston, S.C. Clinton leads Sanders nationally while the two are in a tight race over Iowa voters—with O’Malley in a distant third. This was the last chance for the three candidates to woo voters before Iowa. 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