Facing tight race, Clinton questions Sanders' party ties

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Just days before Nevada's caucuses, Hillary Clinton took one of her toughest shots at rival Bernie Sanders, questioning the long-time independent's devotion to the Democratic Party he's running to lead.

Clinton accused Sanders of attacking the two most recent Democratic presidents — President Barack Obama and her husband, former President Bill Clinton — both of whom remain popular political figures among Democratic voters.

[...] he noted, drawing some audience grumbling of his own, that only one candidate in the Democratic race ran against Obama, before offering a strident defense of the president, saying that much of the Republican opposition to his administration was driven by racism.

In the town hall meeting, they vowed to make reforming the country's immigration system a top priority of their administrations, should either win the White House.

In recent days, she's rolled out numerous black and Latino leaders to make her case to minority voters, who play a far big role in those primaries than in past contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Next up is South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn, one of the top African-American leaders on Capitol Hill and the highest ranking elected Democrat in the state, who will endorse Clinton on Friday, according to a source close to the congressman.