“I would like the chairman of the party and the campaigns to agree that we can debate in New Hampshire next week,” Clinton said. | Getty Clinton: I hope the DNC allows the N.H. debate

Hillary Clinton hopes the Democratic National Committee will allow the candidates to participate in an extra debate before the New Hampshire primary.

“I would like the chairman of the party and the campaigns to agree that we can debate in New Hampshire next week,” Clinton said in an excerpt of MSNBC’s “Hardball” that will air later Wednesday. “That is what I'm hoping will happen.”



MSNBC and the New Hampshire Union Leader plan to hold an unsanctioned debate Feb. 4 — the Thursday between Monday’s Iowa caucuses and the Feb. 9 New Hampshire primary. The DNC said Tuesday that it had no plans to sanction the debate, which “Meet the Press” anchor Chuck Todd and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow will moderate.






DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been criticized for limiting the debate schedule to just six events, with critics such as former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley accusing the DNC of trying to help out Clinton by denying her rivals airtime. But Wasserman Schultz didn’t budge on Tuesday. “Our next DNC-sanctioned debate featuring our major candidates will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, hosted by PBS on February 11th, with another already scheduled for March 9th with Univision and the Washington Post,” she said. “We have no plans to sanction any further debates before the upcoming First in the Nation caucuses and primary, but will reconvene with our campaigns after those two contests to review our schedule.”



John Bivona, New Hampshire state director for O'Malley's campaign, said Tuesday the former Maryland governor looks forward to participating. Bernie Sanders' campaign manager Jeff Weaver, however, said the Vermont senator's campaign "would not want to jeopardize our ability to participate in future debates" by taking part in the unsanctioned event.



But Clinton told MSNBC on Wednesday, “What I’ve said to my campaign is that I would look forward to another debate." She continued, “I am, you know, anxious, if we can get something set up, to be able to be there. And so let’s try to make it happen.”