On Sunday, self-described Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sat down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos to discuss his newly formed presidential campaign and the This Week moderator fretted that his guest’s campaign could cause trouble for Hillary Clinton.

Speaking to Sanders, Stephanopoulos claimed that “[m]ost people don’t believe you can actually become President of the United States. Are you worried at all that your race might weaken Hillary Clinton without helping yourself?”

For his part, the ABC host did correctly call Sanders a socialist but Stephanopoulos did his best to press his guest from the left over the differences between him and the Democratic Party:

You know, you’ve said this campaign will be a clash of ideas? Which ideas? What are the biggest differences between you and Hillary Clinton?...Let's talk about a Sanders administration. What would it look like? You voted against both Obama Treasury Secretary nominees both Jack Lew and Tim Geithner. Name a couple people you would consider for Treasury Secretary.

Later in the broadcast, the “Powerhouse Roundtable” discussed Sanders’ presidential prospects and Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of the far-left Nation magazine eagerly touted his socialist agenda. Vanden Heuvel hilariously claimed that if only "the mainstream media gives Bernie Sanders a chance” the American people will embrace his agenda.

Stephanopoulos seemed taken aback and asked his liberal guest “you don’t think he can win?” and Bill Kristol, editor of the conservative Weekly Standard, could barely contain himself from laughing.

Vanden Heuvel continued to promote a Sanders presidency but complained that the “mainstream media” wasn’t giving the Socialist candidate a chance:

His message is in sync with the populist moment we are in. And I think his message that he wants to fulfill the promise of America. That this is not a country that is going to be defined by billionaires but lift up ordinary Americans, deal with staggering income inequality, the climate crisis. Give people good jobs, not be held to corporate defined trade deals. Bernie Sanders announced, who announced to the nation a year ago that he would consider running for president, let's give him a chance and the mainstream media might well trivialize and distort others. But let's give Bernie a chance.

See Stephanopoulos’ questions below.