Story highlights Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump over his remarks about a federal judge

She says he's trying to distract attention away from a lawsuit

Lynwood, California (CNN) Hillary Clinton escalated her attacks Monday against Donald Trump over his comments suggesting a federal judge is biased against him because of his Mexican heritage.

"You know, just yesterday he said, 'Well because of all the negative things he has said about American Muslims, he doesn't know an American Muslim judge could fairly preside over a case,'" Clinton told a lunchtime crowd near Los Angeles.

"I'm waiting for him to say because of all the bigoted things he has said about women that a woman judge couldn't preside," she added. "By the time he's finished, nobody's going to be left in this country that he is going to have exempted from insults."

Trump has said that U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel, in the Southern District of California, shouldn't preside over the lawsuit against Trump University because Curiel is of Mexican heritage.

"He's proud of his heritage. I respect him for that," Trump told CNN's Jake Tapper last week. "He's a Mexican. We're building a wall between here and Mexico."

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