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Sanders maintains slim lead over Clinton in Iowa

A week before the Iowa caucuses, independent US Senator Bernie Sanders (left) has a slim lead over Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has a slim lead over his rival, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, in Iowa only a week before the caucuses there, a new online poll shows.

According to the CBS News “Battleground Tracker” survey, released on Sunday, Sanders has a 1 point lead over Clinton, 47 to 46 percent.

Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has only 5 percent support.

In New Hampshire, Sanders, however, maintains his wide lead, 57 to 38 percent, according to the poll.

Meanwhile, Clinton has a commanding lead over Sanders in South Carolina, 60 to 38 percent, the survey showed.

In a Democratic primary that appears to be tightening, Clinton has escalated its attacks on Sanders over his perceived inexperience with foreign policy.

In an interview with NBC on Sunday, Clinton acknowledged that her competition with Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination has become intensely personal.

“It is very personal,” Clinton said. “People look and they think, you know, 'Can we imagine this person to be president and commander in chief?' And because of my experience, particularly my years as secretary of state, working with President [Barack] Obama, I think that's something that people really take into account.”

On Thursday, Clinton’s campaign denounced her presidential rival Bernie Sanders over his proposal to normalize relations with Iran.

“This proposal to more aggressively normalize relations and to move to warm relations with Iran not only breaks with President Obama’s policy, it breaks with the sober and responsible diplomatic approach that’s been working for the United States,” Jake Sullivan, Clinton’s senior policy adviser, told reporters in a conference call.

“The proposal would not succeed, but it would cause very real consternation among our allies and partners,” Sullivan added.


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