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| Hillary Clinton, 4 Others Set |
| Hillary Clinton, 4 Others Set to Face Off in Democratic Debate
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 13-October-2015
7:29:52 AM |
| Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton and her four party rivals face off for the first time at today's first Democratic primary debate with all her opponents hoping to challenge her aura of inevitability.
Ahead of the debate in Las Vegas, the former first lady and secretary of state remains the most popular Democrat with a 52 to 40 percentage advantage over her closest rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed socialist, according to the latest Gallup Poll.
However, Ms Clinton's 12-percentage-point advantage is less than half of her lead in late July, reflecting changes in both candidates' images in recent months.
The three other Democratic candidates-former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, former Virginia senator Jim Webb and former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee - are hardly known with their national poll numbers below one per cent.
Barring a last-minute entrance into the race by Vice President Joe Biden, the debate's attention is likely to focus on the two best-known candidates, Ms Clinton and Mr Sanders.
Mr Sanders highlighted his "consistency" Sunday on NBC saying he's been in sync with the party's electorate on issues like trade and income inequality much longer than Ms Clinton.
"So people will have to contrast my consistency and my willingness to stand up to Wall Street and corporations, big corporations, with the secretary," Mr Sanders said.
Mr O'Malley too played up his record on issues like gun control and immigration telling CNN that "it's about the doing, not the saying."
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