--- description: Here is a transcript. title: Read the Full Text of the Fifth Democratic Debate image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt315fa7bb0f744df0/69887c40f887dc1d5fe94777/timepol-democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-16.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Debates](/tag/debates/) ## Debates Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read the Full Text of the Fifth Democratic Debate in New Hampshire by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:07 PM CUTPublished: Feb 5, 2016 3:07 AM CUT  Democratic presidential candidates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appear at a Democratic debate at the University of New Hampshire on Feb. 4, 2016 in Durham, N.H. Democratic presidential candidates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appear at a Democratic debate at the University of New Hampshire on Feb. 4, 2016 in Durham, N.H.Nate Gowdy for TIME by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:07 PM CUTPublished: Feb 5, 2016 3:07 AM CUT The two Democratic presidential contenders met for their first debate without any other candidates on stage. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders debated at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. The moderators were MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Chuck Todd. Here is a full transcript of the debate. --- > “” --- Democratic Debate: Read the Transcript of the Fifth Debate ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4208869/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-new-hampshire-fifth/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4208869/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-new-hampshire-fifth/"},"headline":"Read the Full Text of the Fifth Democratic Debate in New Hampshire","datePublished":"2016-02-05T03:07:22.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T13:07:34.000Z","description":"Here is a transcript.","url":"https://time.com/4208869/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-new-hampshire-fifth/","keywords":["Debates","Hillary Clinton","Bernie Sanders","Flint"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt315fa7bb0f744df0/69887c40f887dc1d5fe94777/timepol-democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-16.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt315fa7bb0f744df0/69887c40f887dc1d5fe94777/timepol-democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-16.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton","caption":"Democratic presidential candidates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appear at a Democratic debate at the University of New Hampshire on Feb. 4, 2016 in Durham, N.H.","creditText":"Nate Gowdy for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4208869/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-new-hampshire-fifth/","name":"Read the Full Text of the Fifth Democratic Debate in New Hampshire"}}]}] ```