self-description. chief white house correspondent ed henry is following the clinton campaign tonight, from las vegas. seeking another friendly venue for a rare media interview, democratic front-runner hillary clinton got tripped up, anyway. when msnbc s chris matthews asked her to explain the differences between socialist and democrats. given the rise of democratic socialist senator bernie sanders. well is that a question you want to answer, or would you rather not? you know you d have to ask see, i m asking you. you re the democrat, he s s he s a socialist. would you like somebody to call awe socialist? i wouldn t like somebody calling me a associatist. i m not one. the same question from the the the same host was also a struggle a few months ago. for democratic national committee chairwoman debbie wasserman-schultz. what s the difference between a democrat and a socialist. like the dnc chair, clinton was caught trying to walk the fine line of not offending the r