--- title: Watch Thursday's Democratic Debate in Less Than Four Minutes description: Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton debated Thursday in Brooklyn, New York. canonical: https://time.com/4295529/watch-dem-debate-new-york-recap/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-15T10:43:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:46:40.294Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Thursday's Democratic Debate in Less Than Four Minutes og:description: Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton debated Thursday in Brooklyn, New York. og:url: https://time.com/4295529/watch-dem-debate-new-york-recap/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc49a35bcd5b6a49/69888f40cd1bba377c700449/timepol_democratic_debate_clinton_sanders_b.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL Democratic Debate clinton sanders og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Thursday's Democratic Debate in Less Than Four Minutes twitter:description: Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton debated Thursday in Brooklyn, New York. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc49a35bcd5b6a49/69888f40cd1bba377c700449/timepol_democratic_debate_clinton_sanders_b.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Thursday's Democratic Debate in Under Five Minutes by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Apr 15, 2016 10:43 AM UTC  Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders speak simultaneously during a Democratic debate hosted by CNN and New York One at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York April 14, 2016. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders speak simultaneously during a Democratic debate hosted by CNN and New York One at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York April 14, 2016.Lucas Jackson—Reuters by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Apr 15, 2016 10:43 AM UTC Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton had it out at Thursday’s debate in Brooklyn. Less than a week before Tuesday’s New York primary, Clinton and Sanders had at it—trading blows on [health care](http://time.com/4295505/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-health-care-democratic-debate/), [the minimum wage](http://time.com/4295459/democratic-debate-minimum-wage-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton/), [Obama’s Supreme Court nominee](http://time.com/4295512/bernie-sanders-would-ask-president-obama-to-withdraw-supreme-court-nominee/) and [presidential qualifications](http://time.com/4295428/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-debate-unqualified/). The Democratic race has grown tense as of late, with some calling Thursday’s debate the “Brooklyn Brawl,” after Sanders has won seven of the last eight Democratic state contests. Watch highlights from the debate above. 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