2020 democrats and donald trump are weighing in. sheet breaking news correspondent trace gallagher has the latest. >> reporter: tulsi gabbard is fighting back and not fighting alone. in a social media post the 2020 presidential candidate suggested hillary clinton's reason for smearing her as a russian asset is payback for her defiance of the party establishment in 2016. >> if you stand up against hillary and the party powerbrokers, if you stand up to the rich and powerful elite and the war machine they will destroy you and discredit your message. but here's the truth. they will not intimidate us. they will not silence us. >> fellow 2020 candidate bernie sanders, beto o'rourke, andrew yang and marion williamson have criticized clinton's comments and so has donald trump, clinton is accusing everyone of being a russian spy. >> a phony scam and then you