Hillary Clinton looked competent, tough, and in control during Tuesday’s low-key Democratic debate in Las Vegas. Clinton excelled amid a field of hapless has-beens, would-be revolutionaries, and ideological outliers by delivering a solid performance and looking like the adult in the room. The reason? She got hardly any pushback from her opponents.

The moment of the evening came when her chief rival, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, effectively rescued Clinton from having to answer in the Democratic primary for her decision to set up a private email server while serving as secretary of state. “The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails,” said Sanders to thunderous applause. Clinton laughed gleefully. “Me too, me too!” she said.