Hillary Clinton suggested during Monday's MSNBC town hall that it was primary opponent Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I., Vt.) responsibility to bring his supporters to support her in a general election.
"Am I right in hearing that as basically you saying that there's nothing you're going to do differently than you're already doing as a way to try to win over his supporters, even at the end of the primary season?" Maddow asked.
"Well, let's look what happened in 2008 because that's the closest example. Then-Senator Obama and I ran a really hard race," Clinton said. "It was so much closer than the race right now between me and Senator Sanders. We had pretty much the same amount of popular vote, by some measures I had slightly more popular vote, he had slightly more pledged delegates. We got to the end in June and I did not put down conditions. I didn't say, you know what, if Senator Obama does x, y and z maybe I'll support him. I said I am supporting Senator Obama because no matter what our differences might be, they pale in comparison to the differences between us and the Republicans. That's what I did.
"At that time, 40 percent of my supporters said they would not support him. so from the time I withdrew and til the time I nominated him, I nominated him at the convention in Denver, I spent an enormous amount of time convincing my supporters to support him and I'm happy to say the vast majority did. That is what I think one does. That is certainly what I did and I hope that we will see the same this year."
Clinton laid out a blueprint of sorts during her ABC town hall last week for how Sanders could follow her example in 2008.
Sanders, however, suggested earlier on MSNBC that it would be Clinton's job to win over his supporters.