Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. (Source: Getty)

The debate was broadcast live on MSNBC in prime time from the University of New Hampshire in New Hampshire.

This is a one-on-one "verbal battle" between two candidates, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, because candidate Martin O'Malley had previously announced his intention to abandon his bid for the White House in 2016 after the former Maryland Governor received only 1% of the vote in the Iowa caucus.

Taking place just a few days before the first primary election held under popular vote in New Hampshire (February 9), the debate received special attention from the public and voters after the two candidates had a spectacular "chase" in Iowa and Mrs. Clinton only won at the last minute with an unprecedentedly close vote ratio of 49.8% - 49.6%.

The Democratic Party originally planned to hold five debates, but at the request of the candidates, the party's National Committee agreed to hold four more debates, the first of which was this one.

It is expected that the main topics of debate will be health care reform, tax policy reform, gun control and a number of other domestic and foreign issues...

Going into this debate, the advantage is somewhat tilted towards Senator Bernie Sanders after the latest polls from reputable polling agencies showed that Mr. Sanders' support rate is much higher than Mrs. Clinton's support rate in the state of New Hampshire.

According to the joint NBC News/Wall Street poll, candidate Sanders received 57% of the vote, while candidate Hillary Clinton only had 38%. The CNN/WMUR poll showed an even bigger gap when 61% of respondents said that Mr. Sanders would win the New Hampshire primary and less than 31% believed that Mrs. Hillary would be the winner./.

According to Vietnam+