Former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday on "The View" he doesn't think he treated Anita Hill badly during her questioning in front of an all-male Senate panel in 1991.

“I did everything in my power to do what I thought was within the rules,” Biden said. "If you go back and look at what I said and didn't say, I don’t think I treated her badly."

Biden, who announced Thursday he will run for president, was the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee when Hill came before the panel to discuss her sexual harassment allegations against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Biden has taken criticism for the committee's treatment of Hill, who sometimes faced misogynistic questioning.

The questioning came after Hill told the New York Times she was left not "satisfied" after a recent conversation Biden. Biden's campaign said he had talked to Hill to express his regret over her treatment during the hearings.

"I cannot be satisfied by simply saying I’m sorry for what happened to you," Hill told the Times. "I will be satisfied when I know there is real change and real accountability and real purpose."

Biden told the all-female hosts of "The View" that he waited 28 years to call Hill because he did not want to invade her space.

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Biden said that he did not want to judge whether his apology was "sufficient." He praised Hill for being an inspiration to the current Me Too movement and providing momentum to Biden's efforts to push through the Violence Against Women Act, what he's called his proudest legislative achievement.

"I'm sorry the way she was treated," Biden said. "I wish we could have figured out a better way to get this thing done. I did everything in my power to do what I thought was in the rules to be able to stop things."

Biden entered the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential as the front-runner, but is certain to face more questions about Hill's treatment as the campaign moves along.

In the lead-up to announcing his candidacy, Biden faced criticism from several women who allege they had encounters with the former vice president in which he touched them inappropriately or invaded their private space.

He reiterated Friday that he feels badly for making the women feel uncomfortable, but also said he's never touched anyone with ill intent.

"I have to be, and everybody has to be, much more aware of the private space of men and women,” Biden said. “I am much more cognizant of that.”

He told "The View" hosts that he found himself questioning whether or not he should hug them as he walked out on the television show's set.

“I actually thought in my head when I walked out here,” he said. “I mean, do I? We’re friends. But I have to be aware of it. I have to be more cognizant.”

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