Sanders: I'm more electable than Clinton

Asked Sunday how he'd convince Iowa voters that he's got a shot to win the White House, Democrat Bernie Sanders pointed to polls showing him besting Republican candidates by wider margins than Hillary Clinton.

"We did much much better against the Republican candidates than did Hilary Clinton," he said. "We certainly do not want to see some right-wing extremist in the White House ... I think Bernie Sanders is the candidate."


Sanders comments came as new polls showed him with a narrow lead in New Hampshire and gaining on Clinton in Iowa, which holds caucuses on Feb. 1. Clinton dismissed the new numbers during an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation.

"These polls, you know, they go up, they go down. I stay pretty focused as I think we all should," she said.