Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersNYT editorial board remembers Ginsburg: She 'will forever have two legacies' Two GOP governors urge Republicans to hold off on Supreme Court nominee Sanders knocks McConnell: He's going against Ginsburg's 'dying wishes' MORE (I-Vt.) said on Sunday that some detractors dislike former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE because she’s a woman.

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Sanders argued that gender drives many of the attacks against his opponent for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.

“I can’t think of many personalities who have been attacked for more reasons than Hillary Clinton,” Sanders told host John Dickerson on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

“I don’t know that a man would be treated the same way that Hillary is,” he said. “Some of it is sexist.”

Sanders added that he honors Clinton’s political contributions, but that the two differ over their vision for America’s future.

“All that I can say is that I have known Hillary Clinton for 25 years,” he said. “I admire her. I respect her. I like her.”

“She and I have very different points of view on a number of issues,” Sanders said.

“We have differences of opinion on the Trans-Pacific Partnership,” he added. “We have differences on [the] Keystone Pipeline.

“I think we have to take on the billionaire class and Wall Street. I’m not quite sure that’s her view.”

Sanders's remarks followed Dickerson's questioning of the Vermont lawmaker over Clinton's use of a private email server while serving at State.

"Do those people, though, who are making a link between her emails and trustworthiness, are they mistaken?" Dickerson asked. "Are they giving into gossip?"

Sanders’s remarks come as Clinton faces continuing scrutiny over the server. Critics are charging that decision obscures Clinton’s transparency with the public over her affairs while at the federal agency.

It also raises concerns over the security of her messages containing sensitive national intelligence, detractors say.