--- title: Democratic Debate: Read the Transcript of the Fifth Debate description: Here is a transcript. canonical: https://time.com/4208869/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-new-hampshire-fifth/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-05T03:07:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T13:07:34.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read the Full Text of the Fifth Democratic Debate og:description: In New Hampshire. og:url: https://time.com/4208869/democratic-debate-transcript-full-text-new-hampshire-fifth/ og:site_name: TIME og: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 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL Bernie Sanders Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the Full Text of the Fifth Democratic Debate twitter:description: In New Hampshire. twitter: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 ---  # Read the Full Text of the Fifth Democratic Debate in New Hampshire by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:07 PM UTCPublished: Feb 5, 2016 3:07 AM UTC  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](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:07 PM UTCPublished: Feb 5, 2016 3:07 AM UTC 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. 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