Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE tied the GOP presidential candidates to Donald Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE’s controversial remarks on abortion and accused the rest of the Republican primary field of wanting to punish both women and doctors.

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Last week, Trump ignited a firestorm of criticism by saying that women should be punished for getting illegal abortions. Later that day, the GOP front-runner reversed his initial comment, saying that only the abortion provider would be held responsible.

Clinton was quick to condemn his comments, calling them “horrific and telling.”

“Don’t be misled — Trump may be the most outrageous of the Republicans; he is saying what all of them believe,” Clinton said on Tuesday at a town hall in Brooklyn, N.Y.

“They do want to punish women and doctors,” she continued. “He just committed the sin of actually telling people what they believe.”

Trump's GOP rivals balked at his initial comments: Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzSenate Republicans face tough decision on replacing Ginsburg Cruz: Trump should nominate a Supreme Court justice next week Renewed focus on Trump's Supreme Court list after Ginsburg's death MORE slammed the billionaire and said he “hasn’t seriously thought through the issues, and he’ll say anything to get attention.” John Kasich also delivered a strong rebuke against Trump, saying the real estate mogul “is not prepared to be president and commander in chief.”

Clinton's Tuesday speech was heavy on equal rights for women and minorities, and she called for defending women’s reproductive rights and protecting and funding Planned Parenthood.

“This is a challenge that some of us have been dealing with for a long time, but make no mistake about it, it goes to the heart of women’s autonomy and independence and rights,” Clinton said.

“It is critical to who we are and we can be, so we must defend it,” she added.

Clinton’s campaign event comes hours before polls close in Wisconsin. She’s running in a tight primary in the Badger State where recent polls show rival Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 Biden's fiscal program: What is the likely market impact? McConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security MORE leading.

New York's primary is on April 19. Clinton, who’s a former senator from the state, holds a double-digit lead over Sanders there.

But while New York is her home turf, Clinton could face a tougher general election challenge there if the former secretary of State and Trump are at the top of the ticket since the celebrity businessman lives and has a number of properties in New York City.