KEY POINTS

  • Clinton claims that Sanders struggles as an unsuccesful congressman
  • She said that she's unwilling to commit to supporting Sanders
  • Clinton appears to believe that Sanders made sexist remarks to Warren

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton added to the presidential election campaign drama with an unkind cut aimed at the integrity of frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), her opponent in the contest for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. “Nobody likes him,” she said.

A new documentary series on Clinton’s life, named Hillary, is headed to Hulu this year. While discussing the project with Hollywood Reporter, Clinton did not hesitate to talk about her apparent disdain for Sanders.

“Nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was a career politician. It's all just baloney and I feel so bad that people got sucked into it,” Clinton can be heard saying in the documentary. When asked if she believes this still holds true, Clinton said that “it does.”

Would Clinton be willing to endorse or campaign for Sanders, should he win the Democratic Party’s nomination? Stopping short of an outright No, Clinton said that, “I’m not going to go there yet,” before going on to heavily criticize Sanders and “the culture around him.”

“It's his leadership team. It's his prominent supporters. It's his online Bernie Bros and their relentless attacks on lots of his competitors, particularly the women … he has permitted this culture – not only permitted, [he] seems to really be very much supporting it,” Clinton claimed. She said that Sanders only has to give a “wink” and his supporters will attack his female opponents, like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) or Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).

When asked to weigh in on the recent claims made by Warren that Sanders once remarked that a woman cannot become president, Clinton seemed inclined to believe the allegations. “It's part of a pattern. If it were a one-off, you might say, ‘OK, fine.’ But he said I was unqualified,” she said.

Sanders was recently caught in a controversy after Warren said he had told her in a private meeting he did not believe a woman could win the presidency. Sanders has denied making the statement.

Clinton added: “I think that both the press and the public have to really hold everybody running accountable for what they say and what their campaign says and does. That's particularly true with what's going on right now with the Bernie campaign having gone after Elizabeth with a very personal attack on her.”

When asked if she’s considered making a bid for the White House this year, Clinton said she’s had “many people” try to convince her “every day,” but she believes it’s best that she focus on helping elect the chosen nominee.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks on stage during a commencement for Medgar Evers College in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, June 8, 2017. Reuters