AP Photo Hillary Clinton: No troops in Syria or Iraq

Hillary Clinton said putting combat troops on the ground in Syria or Iraq is a “non-starter.”

The former secretary of state was speaking to "CBS This Morning" co-host Charlie Rose in an excerpt released Monday. The full interview will appear Tuesday morning.


“At this point," Clinton said, "I cannot conceive of any circumstances where I would agree to do that because I think the best way to defeat ISIS is, as I’ve said, from the air which we lead, on the ground, which we enable, empower, train, equip and in cyberspace where don’t forget they are a formidable adversary online."

The Democratic presidential candidate added: “We don’t know yet how many Special Forces might be needed, how many trainers and surveillance and enablers might be needed, but in terms of thousands of combat troops like some on the Republican side are recommending, I think that should be a non-starter.”