--- title: Sanders: Something 'Clearly Lacking’ In Clinton’s Judgment description: Bernie Sanders took jabs at Hillary Clinton's ability to lead the country, saying “something is clearly lacking” in her judgment. canonical: https://time.com/4287756/bernie-sanders-clinton-judgment/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-10T15:28:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:50:03.213Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bernie Sanders: 'Something Is Clearly Lacking' in Hillary Clinton’s Judgment og:description: “I have my doubts about what kind of president she would make" og:url: https://time.com/4287756/bernie-sanders-clinton-judgment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9969fb0af269d690/69888e603c1639b15945cc85/bernie-sanders3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Bernie Sanders og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bernie Sanders: 'Something Is Clearly Lacking' in Hillary Clinton’s Judgment twitter:description: “I have my doubts about what kind of president she would make" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9969fb0af269d690/69888e603c1639b15945cc85/bernie-sanders3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bernie Sanders: 'Something Is Clearly Lacking' in Hillary Clinton’s Judgment > Sponsored content. 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Bernie Sanders on Sunday took jabs at Hillary Clinton’s ability to lead the country, saying “something is clearly lacking” in his Democratic presidential rival’s judgment._  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Apr 10, 2016 3:28 PM UTC  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Apr 10, 2016 3:28 PM UTC Bernie Sanders on Sunday [took jabs at Hillary Clinton’s ability to lead the country](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/10/bernie-sanders-says-something-is-clearly-lacking-in-hillary-clintons-judgment/), saying “something is clearly lacking” in his Democratic presidential rival’s judgment. The Vermont senator, [fresh off his latest win in Wyoming](http://time.com/4287686/bernie-sanders-wins-wyoming-caucuses/?xid=homepage), dug in on the “doubts” he has about Clinton’s ability to make important decisions during appearances on two Sunday political talk shows. “In many respects, she may have the experience to be president of the United States,” Sanders said on [NBC’s _Meet the Press_](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press). “No one can argue that. But in terms of her judgment, something is clearly lacking.” “I have my doubts about what kind of president she would make,” he added during a segment of CNN’s _State of the Union_ that aired Sunday. ## Transcript What I said is that a candidate, like Secretary Clinton, who voted for the disastrous war in Iraq, who has supported virtually every disastrous trade agreement, which has cost us millions of decent paying jobs, and who receives incredible amounts of money. We're talking about tens of millions of dollars through a super pact From every special interest that you can think of from the billionaire class. 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