among the dnc, the sanders and clinton campaigns, the debate stage was set for the two top democrats to throw down over accusations that sanders exploited a software glitch to access clinton's confidential voter information, a move clinton's camp called below the belt. clinton goes for jugular, politico trumpeted, signaling she was ready to throw some mud in the debate. >> i apologize. >> reporter: wait, what? >> not only do i apologize to secretary clinton and i hope we can work together on an independent investigation from day one -- >> reporter: clinton's not going to let him off that easy, right? >> i very much appreciate that comment, bernie. if i don't think the american people are all that interested in this. >> reporter: instead it seems clinton thought americans wanted to hear how she would take on the republicans, a theme she stuck to throughout the night largely ignoring her two democratic rivals. >> we also need to make sure