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NORTH COUNTRY. >> WE ARE TAKING ON EVERYBODY AND WE KNEW THAT. ADAM: AS BERNIE SANDERS BRINGS HIS FIGHT FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL AND TUITION-FREE COLLEGE BACK TO THE NORTH COUNTRY, IT’S CLEAR SOME OF HIS DIE-HARD SUPPORTERS ARE STILL NURSING WOUNDS FROM ANOTHER BATTLE, THE 2016 PRIMARY. >> I ALWAYS JUST WONDER WHY YOU HELD HILLARY CLINTON’S HAND UP LIKE THAT AFTER WHAT SHE AND THE DEMOCRATS -- IT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST STOLEN ELECTIONS, I THINK, IN OUR POLITICAL HISTORY, AN I’M WONDERING WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. >> I DON’T LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. IT’S FUNNY YOU ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THEN I GET CRITICIZED BY OTHER PEOPLE YOU DIDN’T DO ENOUGH FOR HILLARY CLINTON WELL, -- HILLARY CLINTON. WELL, I KNOCKED MY BRAINS OUT TO TRY TO GET HER ELECTED BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT A DANGER TRUMP WOULD BE TO THIS COUNTRY. ADAM: SETH CAREY SAYS IN 2020 HE’S LEANING TOWARD TULSI GABBARD OVER SANDERS. >> I THINK HIS TIME IS UP. I LOVE BERNIE AND I LOVE WHAT HE STANDS FOR, BUT I THINK THAT HE CAPTURED LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE IN NOW HE’S JUST SORT OF ANOTHER 2016. CANDIDATE OF 19 OR SOMETHING. ADAM: IN LITTLETON, AS THE VERMONT SENATOR PROMISED TO TAKE ON POWERFUL SPECIAL INTERESTS, SUPPORTERS ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS OWN PARTY. >> I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU’RE GOING TO GET AROUND THE SHENANIGANS OF THE DNC THIS TIME. >> YOU KNOW, I’M LOOKING FORWARD, NOT BACKWARDS. ADAM: FOUR STANDARDS -- FOR SANDERS, PART OF LOOKING FORWARD IS GOING HIS BASE OF HARD-CORE SUPPORTERS. BUT SOME IN THE BASE WORRY HE’S NOT GETTING A FAIR SHAKE. >> THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE RUNNING AGAINST HIM, THERE’S A LOT OF POWERFUL BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS AT PLAY. I FEEL LIKE, NUMBER ONE, HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told voters Tuesday in the North Country that he plans to repeat his New Hampshire primary win, even as some supporters said they're nursing wounds from the 2016 campaign.Sanders spoke about his plans for "Medicare for All" and tuition-free college. But some voters wanted to know his thoughts about how the 2016 campaign ended."I always just wonder why you held Hillary Clinton's hand up like that after what she and the Democrats -- it's one of the biggest stolen elections, I think, in our political history, and I'm wondering what you think about that," said Seth Carey, of Rumford Maine."I don't look at it that way," Sanders said. "It's funny you ask that question, because then I get criticized by other people: 'You didn't do enough for Hillary Clinton.' Well, I knocked my brains out to try to get her elected, because I knew what a danger (President Donald) Trump would be to this country."Carey said that, in 2020, he's leaning toward Tulsi Gabbard over Sanders."I think his time is up," Carey said. "I love Bernie and I love what he stands for, but I think that he captured lightning in a bottle in 2016. Now, he's just sort of another candidate of 19 or something."In Littleton, as the Vermont senator promised to take on powerful special interests, supporters asked him about his own party. "I want to know how you're going to get around the shenanigans of the (Democratic National Committee) this time," one woman said."You know, I'm looking forward, not backwards," Sanders said.For Sanders, part of looking forward is growing his nationwide base beyond his hardcore followers. But some members of his base are still worried he won't get a fair shake."There's a lot of people running against him," said Nicholas Trahan, of Bethlehem. "There's a lot of powerful businesses and corporations at play, and I feel like, No. 1, honestly, I feel like that is one of the things that makes me want to vote for him."