Story highlights Bernie Sanders told BET that Hillary Clinton is cozying up to President Barack Obama to court black voters

Sanders broke with Obama, saying that "he is wrong on certain issues"

Washington (CNN) Bernie Sanders, in an interview with BET, accused Hillary Clinton of cozying up to President Barack Obama in order to pander to African-Americans.

The Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate also broke with Obama, asserting that the president "is wrong on certain issues."

His comments come as the Democratic race shifts out of the overwhelmingly-white Iowa and New Hampshire and to states where minority voters play a much larger role.

"Hillary Clinton now is trying to embrace the President as closely as she possibly can. Everything the president does is wonderful. She loves the president, he loves her and all that stuff," Sanders said in an interview with CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill, which will air on BET at 10 a.m. Sunday, according to excerpts from that interview provided by the network.

"And we know what that's about. That's trying to win support from the African-American community where the President is enormously popular," Sanders said.

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