democrat looking to run for president. if only we could pronounce his name. oh, my god. pete butt ee-egg. pete reporter: you try saying his name. i m pete buttigieg. they call me mayor pete and that s fine. reporter: what isn t fine is so many of the democratic presidential wanna bes have names to trip you up. don t call him jool-ian. my name is hoo-lian. kamala harris. think of comma and add a la. somebody forgot to tell diamond and silk. camilla should be ashamed of herself. reporter: it s a shame when both names are tricky. welcome senator kristen gillibra gillibrand. how often are you called
kristen? a lot. that s kristen gillibrand. kirsten. oh, my goodness. and this guy whose childhood name struck. hi. this is beto o rourke. his political foes say bay-toe. reporter: campaigns go along with the joke sometimes. going to get one of those bay-toe signs. beto. it s not camilla. it s kamala. reporter: mayor pete s husband offered tips like buddha-judge which translates to lord of the poultry. even easy names are mangled. take bernie sanders. bernie sandwich is sometimes a name is more than people can bite off. jeanne moos. jeannie moose.