DETROIT, MI -- Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders sought to accentuate the differences between the two Monday night, with the Vermont senator continuing to illustrate a bold, unwavering approach to public policy, and the former Secretary of State laying out a more compromise style aimed at results.

The two spoke separately to a Detroit crowd at the Gem Theatre in a town hall Monday night, a day after debating in Flint.

"Compromise is not a dirty word," Clinton said in response to a question about reaching across the aisle in Washington.

"It is the way democracy has to work, and that's what I will do."

But compromise, according to Sanders, may not be quite as imperative if he becomes president.

"I want to see public colleges and universities tuition free," he said. "I want to create millions of jobs rebuilding our public infrastructure. I want to guarantee health care to all people. I want to make sure that women have pay equity on the job. And I want to do a lot of other things...

"If I become president, it will mean that there will be a massive voter turnout... If I win, it will mean that young people and working-class people are coming out in large numbers. If that happens, the Republicans will not continue to control the United States senate."

Clinton countered with a more financially specific plan on on helping students pay for college.

"My numbers add up, and my numbers are connected to sources of funding that we can count on," Clinton said. "... Mine costs about $100 billion a year, and that is all paid for, because I think it would be a mistake to run up the size the of government by 30, 40, 50 percent, without knowing how we were going to pay for it... I want debt-free tuition. You will never have to borrow money to attend a public college or university. The money that you will need will be provided if you cannot afford to go to college, and right now, given the costs, that covers most people, except wealthy people."

Clinton conceded that Sanders has the advantage among young voters frustrated with the status quo.

"A lot of young people are saying 'What is going on?' You know, they get out of the Great Recession and into the job market and there are no jobs. They're burdened with student debt," she said. "... They're feeling the economy doesn't work for them, government doesn't work for them. I don't blame them for being really disturbed by what's going on in our country.

"That's why I'm not over-promising. I'm telling you what I can do and how I think I can actually deliver results, because I want to rebuild people's confidence in the country and where we're headed."

Sanders said he is capable of working with Republicans, "but at the end of the day, you've go a Congress today where too many members are worried about securing large campaign contributions from very, very wealthy people... Congress is not listening to you. Congress is not listening to the people in this room and the needs of ordinary people."

He also re-iterated a response to Clinton's Sunday criticisms over his vote against the auto industry bailout, saying he supported the plan, but opposed attached aid for failing banks, leading him to vote against the measure.

"What I did not vote for was the bailout of Wall Street," Sanders said.

On other local issues:

Clinton called on the state restore control of Detroit schools to local elected officials. She also did so during Sunday's in Flint, adding a promise of federal aid for the struggling district.

Sanders, when asked about the Flint water crisis, said he wants the federal government to spend $1 trillion on fixing the nation's crumbling roads, bridges and water systems.

He said that while $1 trillion sounds like a lot, federal engineers say the nation will need much more investment than that to restore its infrastructure.

After the town hall, Clinton went on to rally supporters at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, while Sanders held another campaign event in Ann Arbor.

Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich has also been traveling Michigan this week.

The GOP candidates held a debate in Detroit last week.

Full coverage of Michigan's primary election here.