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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. Mike Segar—Reuters by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Feb 5, 2016 5:45 AM UTC Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met in New Hampshire for the fifth Democratic presidential debate. Moderated by MSNBC, the debate was the first in which the two were the only ones on stage, as former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has suspended his campaign. That led to a much tighter and tenser debate, with the moderators dropping out of the conversation for long stretches as the two candidates sparred like seasoned tennis pros. 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