Hill's Group: Hillary Clinton denies Bernie Sanders a win at Flint Democratic debate [View all]

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http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-denies-bernie-sanders-win-flint-debate

This headline does not conform to the prevailing rhetoric of some here on DU, who will merely dismiss the article as another "rigged" or "corporate" sellout. But from my anecdotal impressions, it reflects real life views among those who actually watched the debate.

We'll know for sure after tomorrow. That is the testing ground.

FLINT, Mich. – Sunday night’s Democratic presidential debate in Flint, a city where manufacturing jobs have been replaced by poisoned water, should have been on Bernie Sanders’ turf: a discussion of trade policies, corporate greed and government spending cuts that have led to horrible consequences.

Sanders fought as if his life depended on it – and it just might be, as he has fallen dangerously behind Hillary Clinton in the delegate count.

But Clinton came prepared to the CNN debate and more than held her own, preventing Sanders from the clear victory he needs to change the trajectory of the race ahead of Michigan’s primary on Tuesday.

While the debate is unlikely to dramatically alter the outcome of the Michigan primary or the even more important set of contests on March 15, it nonetheless revealed new details about the candidates and the differences between them.

Here are four key moments: