(CNN) Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand told voters in New Hampshire that she views President Donald Trump as "a toddler who is melting down and making bad decisions."

"I see him differently," Gillibrand said of the President on Saturday. "I see him as I would see a toddler who is melting down and making bad decisions. And you don't punch a toddler in the face. You don't say, 'Oh, you're just a little jerk.' No, that doesn't work. No, you actually just talk around them and say, 'Oh honey, but it's nap time. Let's go get your favorite stuffed animal.'"

Gillibrand continued by addressing how she planned to campaign directly against the President in 2020.

"I would talk around him with a bolder and bigger vision for this country than he has today because unfortunately he lied to the American people," she said.

Gillibrand added that she felt the problems in the country aren't really about Trump.

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