--- title: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in 'Progressive' Fight description: A feud between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders over who is the real "progressive" in the Democratic presidential race broke into the open canonical: https://time.com/4206675/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-new-hampshire-primary-progressive/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-03T20:17:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:41:03.375Z article:section: Politics og:title: Clinton and Sanders Are Arguing Over Who's More Progressive og:description: Sanders says she only is "some days" og:url: https://time.com/4206675/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-new-hampshire-primary-progressive/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfeb1777dfdbd6a91/69887bfb524fc0043ddf694a/sanders-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3448 og:image:height: 1940 og:image:alt: NBC News Sponsors The Fourth Democratic Presidential Candidate Debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Clinton and Sanders Are Arguing Over Who's More Progressive twitter:description: Sanders says she only is "some days" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfeb1777dfdbd6a91/69887bfb524fc0043ddf694a/sanders-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Are Arguing Over Who's More Progressive > Sponsored content. 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Hillary Clinton showed both vulnerability and defiance in a wide-ranging town hall meeting on Wednesday night_  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Feb 3, 2016 8:17 PM UTC Hillary Clinton showed both vulnerability and defiance in a wide-ranging town hall meeting on Wednesday night  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Feb 3, 2016 8:17 PM UTC A long-simmering feud between [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4205113/hillary-clinton-new-hampshire-progressive/) and [Bernie Sanders](http://time.com/4205149/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-progressive/) over who is the real “progressive” in the Democratic presidential race broke into the open Wednesday, with the two rivals trading barbs on the campaign trail and in social media. It started after Sanders, speaking Tuesday in New Hampshire following [Clinton’s narrow win in the Iowa caucuses](http://time.com/4203862/iowa-caucuses-hillary-clinton-win/), said Clinton is only a progressive “some days.” “Except when she announces that she is a proud moderate, and then I guess she is not a progressive,” Sanders said. Clinton fired back Wednesday on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/694887629284892673) > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/694942889898590212) She called Sanders’ remarks a “low blow” and repeated her defense during an appearance in New Hampshire, where polls show she is trailing Sanders ahead of next week’s primary. “I think it was a good day for progressives when I joined with colleagues in the Senate to stop George W. Bush from privatizing Social Security,” she said, “and it was another good day when I went to Geneva to speak out on behalf of gay rights and Beijing to speak out on behalf of women’s rights. “We’ve been fighting the progressive fight and getting results for people for years, so I hope we keep it on the issues because if it’s about our records, hey, I’m going to win by a landslide on Tuesday,” she added. The fight is sure to continue when the two meet for a debate Thursday. Sanders did not give any ground in a series of Twitter messages later, noting the campaign contributions she has received from the financial industry, her support for the Iraq War, and her late opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. “You can be a moderate. You can be a progressive. But you cannot be a moderate and a progressive,” Sanders said. > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/694967235333484544) > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/694967503995457536) > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/694968414809489408) > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/694969242429603840) > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/694970390456696832) “She’s a progressive through and through—a progressive, though, who likes to get things done and often times that means meeting people in the middle,” Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said Wednesday on CNN. ## Transcript First tonight, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. [ APPLAUSE ] Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. [ APPLAUSE ] There are other issues, Anderson, where I think she is just not progressive. I am a progressive. Who gets results, and I will be a progressive president who gets results. I do not know any progressive who has a super pack and takes $ 15 million from Wall Street. Look, I made speeches to lots of groups. I told them what I thought. I answered questions. But did you have to be paid $ 675, 000? Well, I don't know, that's what they offered. So- [ LAUGH ] [ INAUDIBLE ] We are taking on the most powerful political organization in the country and that's the Clinton Organization. It's very hard to see how any of his proposals could ever be Achievable. Everybody practices religion in a different way. To me, I would not be here tonight, I would not be running for president of the United States if I did not have very strong religious and spiritual feelings. My spirituality is that we are all in this together. And that when children go hungry, when veterans sleep out on the street, it impacts me. And I read that parable and there was a line in it that became just a lifeline for me. And it basically is practice the discipline of gratitude. So regardless of how hard the days are, how difficult the decisions are Be grateful. Be grateful for being a human being. Be part of the universe. Be grateful for your limitations. Know that you have to reach out to have more people be with you to support you, to advise you. Listen to your critics. Answer the questions. But at the end be grateful. Practice the discipline of gratitude. 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