Story highlights "Look, Hillary Clinton is not Bill Clinton. But what Bill Clinton did was totally, totally, totally disgraceful and unacceptable," Sanders said

A town hall attendee said Hillary Clinton isn't qualified to be president because of her support for her husband

Washington (CNN) Bernie Sanders said Friday that former President Bill Clinton's past sexual misconduct was "totally disgraceful and unacceptable."

Appearing at a town hall in Toledo, Iowa, on Friday, Sanders responded to an attendee who said that Hillary Clinton isn't qualified to be president because or her support for her husband.

"Look, Hillary Clinton is not Bill Clinton," Sanders said. "But what Bill Clinton did was totally, totally, totally disgraceful and unacceptable. But I am running against Hillary Clinton, not Bill Clinton."

Sanders added that this campaign should be about the issues, not Bill Clinton's sex life.

"And I believe and I gotta say this, and I thank you for your question, in this sense, I think what we need to do as a nation, certainly something the Republicans are not doing, is focus on the bloody issues facing this country -- the disappearance of the middle class income and wealth inequality," Sanders said.

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