Sanders fires back at Clinton’s subtle dig

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) fired back at Hillary Clinton Friday afternoon in response to a subtle dig his Democratic presidential rival made during an NBC interview earlier in the day.

“I think you can come with your own ideas and you can wave your arms and give a speech,” Clinton told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, referring to both Sanders and Donald Trump. “But are you connecting with and really hearing what people are either saying to you or wishing that you would say to them?”

{mosads}A Sanders spokesman responded with a subtle dig of his own, directing attention to the record-setting number of supporters who attend the Vermont senator’s rallies.

“Bernie is doing more than attracting large crowds,” the spokesman said. “He has a concrete set of proposals to take on the billionaire class and rebuild the disappearing middle class. That’s what people are responding to.”

Clinton has yet to mention Sanders by name in her speeches, but that may soon change as her closest rival continues to close in on her in the early-voting states of New Hampshire and Iowa.