better in new hampshire, and he has to do a lot better in new hampshire if the campaign is going to survive, right? well, last night you saw a different jeb bush on the stage, and he took the fight to trump and had a great line, saturday morning or sunday morning where he gets his information, and he couldn t tell. and frankly, trump has been attacking him for months so, and it was good to see the gloves come off for a little bit. is this good strategy for the other candidates to stop criticizing donald trump, and ted cruz did in a private fund-raiser, but he walked away from it a little bit and last night marco rubio did not criticize him, and is that smart? well, look aing at the peopl in the race who have tried to make a frontal assault, it has not worked out well. rick perry, out of the race. bobby gin dashlgsjindal, and he the race, and is so a marco rubio and ted cruz may not see
secretary of state. i d rather it happen now than later. reporter: her husband blames the trouble on a smear campaign. there are lots of people who wanted there to be a race for different reasons. and they thought the only way they could make it a race was a full-scale frontal assault on her. and so this e-mail thing became the biggest story in the world. now, those comments from president clinton aren t exactly on message with the campaign trying to take responsibility earlier this month. and hillary clinton saying i m sorry. it s more of a flashback to the 1990s in some respect that vast right wing conspiracy in blaming republicans. which of course many democrats believe. but advisers to secretary clinton are trying to turn the page and move forward. one thing blocking their way is what is the field ultimately going to look like, jake? the biggest question at clinton headquarters is biden going to get in. jeff zeleny, still a mystery. thank you so much. kairn joining me now
and the only way to make it a race is a full-scale frontal assault on her and this e-mail thing became the biggest story in the world. so one thing that hillary clinton said that, you know, obviously my husband gets upset when i m attacked. that s natural and everybody can understand that. do you think, though, that this is not a made-up controversy? this is something that really exists but it s something they can t seem at least from hillary clinton s standpoint to get out of her own way? well, i mean, first of all, clearly, they re not blaming others for the fact that she had a private server. she said she takes responsibility for that. she said it repeatedly. it was not a good idea. she regrets that she made that choice. but it is not controversial at all, thomas. i m sure you would know that the republicans want to use this to attack her and do everything they can, of course, to keep it on the front burner of everything. they re only too delighted to make sure that this continu
here s a little bit more of what he said. i think that that there are lots of people who wanted there to be a race for different reasons. and they thought the only way they could make it a race was a full-scale frontal assault on her. so this e-mail thing became the biggest story in the world. and on sunday s meet the press, hillary clinton confronted the politics behind the e-mail controversy. well, it is like a drip, drip, drip. that s why i said there s only so much that i can control. but what i have tried to do in explaining this is to provide more transparency and more information than anybody that i m aware of who has ever served in the government and i m happy to do that because i want these questions to be answered. a new nbc news/wall street journal poll shows that clinton has lost ground to bernie
i would rather it happen now than later. and it was always going to happen. the other party doesn t want to run against her. if they do, they d like her as mangled up as possible. it s obvious what happened. at the beginning of the year, she was the most admired person in public life. there are lots of people who wanted there to be a race for different reasons. and they thought the only way to make it a race was a full-scale frontal assault on her. and so this e-mail thing became the biggest story in the world. what happened, the presidential campaign happened. nature of the coverage shifted from is she based political? you can t complain. this is a contact sport. they are not giving the job away. and people who want a race wanted her to drop some and people in the other party