Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE sought to strike a balance between Second Amendment rights and addressing gun violence at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Friday.

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“I know how important gun ownership and particularly hunting is here in northeastern Pennsylvania,” the former Secretary of State said.

But Clinton said the United States can’t ignore gun violence.

“I want you to know that we can’t ignore the Second Amendment and we can’t ignore the 33,000 people a year who die from gun violence,” she said. “And I think we are smart enough to figure out how to do that.”

Clinton has criticized the gun lobby throughout her 2016 presidential campaign, and has consistently slammed her rival Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 Biden's fiscal program: What is the likely market impact? McConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security MORE on gun control.