eric: well you know it seems donald trump is almost always on the attack. now he set his sights on democratic frontrunner hillary clinton. their fray heating up just days before the former president bill clinton heads out on the campaign trail to help his wife s presidential bid. it comes after mrs. clinton accused mr. trump of having a quote, penchant for sexism. it didn t take much time for mr. trump to fire back. i wasn t going to. all of sudden she said i was sexist an which i am not. i don t like that statement at all. she mentioned it. so i hit her back. bill, he went in in 2008 and did very poorly. he was accused being a racist by the obama people. he did very, very poorly for her because obviously she lost. so if she does it again, everyone saying bringing out bill well if she is bringing out bill, that s fine, but the last time she brought out bill she lost. eric: ouch. trump, clinton what a fight
troubled, to put it mildly, because of all the things that she s talking to me about. i mean, she s mentioning sexism. that was donald trump. reacting to the former secretary of state who said he had a quote, penchant for sexism. clinton made the remark in response to a vulgar reference trump made last week, and his latest response via twitter, trump took aim at what he called bill clinton s quote terrible record of women abuse. again, accusing hillary clinton of playing the quote, women s card. we are covering this story from all angles starting with nbc s hallie jackson, who is in new hampshire, where trump will hold a rally tonight. you know, there are those op-eds but then there s one by the union leader in new hampshire and the harsh words coming out of it. reporter: yeah. let s read a little section of it here. you talked about the comparison between biff from back to the future and donald trump sort of calling them both bullies here. the publisher joe mcquade continues tha
hillary clinton. the republican front-runner has sent out a tweet slamming clinton s recent announcement that her husband, former president bill clinton, will hit the campaign trail for her in january. trump tweeted, hillary clinton has announced she s letting her husband out to campaign, but he s demonstrated a penchant for sexism. so inappropriate. chris frates is in our washington bureau. so, chris, what do you think? reporter: i ll tell you, the fight between donald trump and hillary clinton is getting increasingly personal. the billionaire attacking bill clinton for his sexism. trump says his tweet last night attacking bill clinton s, quote, penchant for sexism, turned the tables on hillary clinton because she used the same phrase to criticize trump earlier in the week after she used the sexist vulgarity to describe clinton s loss to barack obama in 2008. i think he is fair game because his presidency was considered to be very troubled,
it s disgusting. i don t want to talk about it. no, it s too disgusting. reporter: that as trump s war of words with the democrat s front-runner is getting hotter. hillary clinton told the des moines register that trump has a, quote, penchant for sexism. i really deplore the tone-his campaign. anticipate the inflammatory rhetoric that he s using to divide people. trump responded trump style saying be careful, hillary, as you play the war on women oar women being degraded card. and on his use of a yiddish word for a certain part of the male anatomy to describe hillary clinton s loss to obama she got schlonged.
the increasingly heated personal battle back hold on, david there are a couple people hold on david, one second. david, hold on one second because i want to get to this increasingly heeded battle between donald trump and hillary clinton unfolding as well. he said some ugly things about her in the past couple days, today she said he s demonstrated a, quote, penchant for sexism, now just a little while ago, trump tweeted, quote, hillary, when you complain about a penchant for sexism, who are you referring to? i have a great respect for women. be careful. let me ask dana, what does he mean by that, be careful? you re asking me to be the trump whisperer. i ll give it a try. look at what some of the trump campaign aids said. they talked specifically about bill clinton and his escapades shall we say, with women, during