As Bernie Sanders pours all his remaining campaign resources into the California primary, Hillary Clinton spent 40 minutes in the state Tuesday attacking Donald Trump.
“I don’t want what he is saying to go unanswered,” Clinton told voters in Commerce, Calif. “Honestly, here is a person running for president who calls into shows and basically says whatever the thought of the day might be. Call me old-fashioned. I think it matters what you say when you are running for president, and it really matters when you are president.”
On the campaign trail, Clinton often criticizes Trump’s economic plans, foreign policy credentials and prior business dealings. Her campaign released a video attacking the business mogul’s 2006 comment that he hoped the housing bubble burst, highlighting his comment that he “sort of hopes [the crash] happens.”
“Donald Trump said — when he was talking about the possibility of a housing market crash before the great recession — he said I sort of hope that happens,” Clinton said. “He actually said that. He actually said he was hoping for the crash that caused hard working families in California and across America to lose their homes, all because he could take advantage of it to make some money for himself.”
Although Clinton has yet to clinch the Democratic nomination, Sanders is hundreds of delegates behind Clinton and cannot overtake her through the primary process.
Clinton will spend the next three days campaigning in California. Her campaign doesn’t consider the state a must-in but a victory would obviously be a big blow to Sanders. She currently trails Trump by 0.2 points in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls.
