I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists.

If you wish to fault the administration, it is that we didn't have a clear picture and we probably didn't do as clear a job explaining that we did not have a clear picture until days later.

I take running for president and being president really seriously. It's a - maybe the toughest job in the world, right? And I knew that there was unfinished business from the successful two terms of President Obama, whom I had served, but that we needed to go further on the economy, on health care, and so much else.

I've been in favor of getting rid of carried interest for years, starting when I was a senator from New York.

No practice or tradition trumps the human rights that belong to all of us.

We have to make our economy work for everyone - not just those at the top - protecting our country and protecting our planet.

We know that russians are deeply engaged in supporting Assad because they want to have a place in the Middle East. They have a naval base, they have an air base in Syria.