Story highlights Hillary Clinton has turned up her rhetoric on Republican front-runner Donald Trump

She says he's responsible for violence at his recent rallies

Springfield, Illinois (CNN) Hillary Clinton took aim at her top Republican and Democratic opponents on Monday when she accused Donald Trump of "inciting mob violence" at his events and knocked Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as "just reflexively against anything that has any international implication."

Clinton, during a town hall organized by MSNBC, said that she holds Trump responsible for the rash of violence that has come to define his events. The former secretary of state said rhetoric like Trump's is one reason African-American voters have largely deserted the Republican Party.

"When you are inciting mob violence, which his what Trump is doing in those clips, there is a lot of memories that people have," Clinton said, responding to clips from Trump's speeches.

"People remember mob violence that led to lynching, people remember mob violence that led to people being shot, being grabbed, being mistreated," Clinton said. "It is something that has a deep, psychological resonance to people who ever have been in any position somewhat fearful, somewhat worried."

As Democrats have adjusted to the strong possibility that Trump, the Republican front-runner and brash businessman, will likely be their opponent in November, Clinton has turned up her rhetoric against him.

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