WASHINGTON -- Bernie got grumpy and Hillary got detailed in a policy-focused PBS debate that played to her strengths and exposed some of his big weaknesses.
Here's what you missed if you didn't catch Thursday's Democratic debate.
Everyone loves Obama - now
Clinton and Sanders rushed to prove the other one hasn't been so nice to the president, in an effort to bearhug Obama. The two candidates are clearly aware they're going to need to do well with African American voters, who make up big a sizable portion of the Democratic electorate in the next states on the calendar.
Sanders gets testy, Hill stays chill
Bernie Sanders, fighting through a nasty-sounding cold, was in no mood to deal with a debate Thursday night.
The Vermont senator bristled repeatedly at Hillary Clinton's attacks, which she dealt smoothly, never seeming to lose her cool. By contrast, he looked both red-faced and dour. And his furious finger-waving at the moderators to make sure he got to rebut Clinton's jibes seemed ill-tempered.
Bernie Sanders letting his inner Brooklyn out with that finger waving and hand raising, mistaking Clinton's yellow jacket for a yellow cab— Kendall Breitman (@KendallBreitman) February 12, 2016
And his early comment "Madam secretary, you're not in the White House yet" got some boos.
Sanders still struggles on foreign policy
Bernie Sanders wants everyone to know Hillary Clinton voted for the Iraq War — but doesn't seem very comfortable getting in-depth about contemporary foreign policy.
Sanders repeatedly pivoted away from specific questions on the world, taking one about how to handle Russia's involvement in Syria and pivoting to a vague response on its involvement in Ukraine.
Even when tossed a softball, on what U.S. and foreign leader he most admired for their world leadership, he retreated back to familiar territory — singing President Franklin Roosevelt's praises.
The lack of specifics had some on Twitter comparing him to Rudy Giuliani, riffing on Joe Biden's joke that every one of Giuliani's sentences consisted of "a noun and a verb and 9/11."
Bernie Sanders on foreign policy: *noun* *verb* 2002 Iraq vote— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) February 12, 2016