Hillary Clinton had a nearly flawless performance at the Democratic debate, but on Sunday Republicans used one of her statements about ISIS in an attack against her, AFP reports.
"We have a strategy and a commitment to go after ISIS, which is a danger to us as well as the region," Clinton said late Saturday at the debate in New Hampshire, using an alternate acronym for ISIS. "And we finally have a UN Security Council Resolution bringing the world together to go after a political transition in Syria."
Republicans quickly lashed out, using the first phrase to claim that Clinton seems satisfied with the situation in Syria, where ISIS has carved out a piece of territory under its control.
"No @HillaryClinton - We are not 'where we need to be' in fight against ISIS," Republican hopeful Jeb Bush, who has single-digit support for his
candidacy among Republicans, wrote on Twitter.
"Incredible -- honestly, somehow a UN resolution about Syria puts us where we need to be? I think it's a reflection of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's beliefs that our foreign policy gets set by others," Carly Fiorina, also far behind in the Republican polls, said on Fox News Sunday.