--- title: Bernie Sanders Warns Hillary Clinton on Vice President Pick description: Bernie Sanders doubled down on his warning to Hillary Clinton that her pick for running mate will be critical to winning over his supporters canonical: https://time.com/4351489/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-running-mate-vice-president/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-29T14:09:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:54:43.003Z article:section: Politics og:title: Sanders Just Warned Clinton Not to Betray Liberals on Her VP Pick og:description: "A candidate who can excite working families, excite young people" og:url: https://time.com/4351489/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-running-mate-vice-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcde93f5dde965c4f/698895792dce0145cc9e9461/bernie-sanders-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Bernie Sanders og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sanders Just Warned Clinton Not to Betray Liberals on Her VP Pick twitter:description: "A candidate who can excite working families, excite young people" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcde93f5dde965c4f/698895792dce0145cc9e9461/bernie-sanders-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bernie Sanders Just Warned Hillary Clinton Not to Go Wrong on Her VP Pick by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News May 29, 2016 2:09 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign rally in Santa Maria, Calif., on May 28, 2016. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign rally in Santa Maria, Calif., on May 28, 2016.Mark J. Terrill—AP by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News May 29, 2016 2:09 PM UTC Senator Bernie Sanders doubled down on his warning to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton that her pick for running mate will be critical to winning over his supporters going into the general election during an interview to air Sunday on “Meet the Press.” “That means having a candidate who can excite working families, excite young people, bring them into the political process, create a large voter turnout,” Sanders told Chuck Todd. The Vermont senator was adamant that Clinton pick a hardline progressive for vice president if she successfully secures the Democratic nomination for president. This could help her appeal to the supporters who have flocked to Sanders’ campaign during the primary… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/bernie-sanders-warns-hillary-clinton-running-mate-pick-n582196) Bernie Sanders Warns Hillary Clinton on Vice President Pick ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4351489/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-running-mate-vice-president/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4351489/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-running-mate-vice-president/"},"headline":"Bernie Sanders Just Warned Hillary Clinton Not to Go Wrong on Her VP Pick","datePublished":"2016-05-29T14:09:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:54:43.003Z","description":"\"A candidate who can excite working families, excite young people\"","url":"https://time.com/4351489/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-running-mate-vice-president/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcde93f5dde965c4f/698895792dce0145cc9e9461/bernie-sanders-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcde93f5dde965c4f/698895792dce0145cc9e9461/bernie-sanders-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bernie Sanders","caption":"Democratic presidential candidate Sen. 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