DEMS DEBATE | Minimum wage: $12 or $15?

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP)

Hillary Clinton says she thinks the federal minimum wage should be raised to $12 an hour, but $15 would be even better.

Her stance on raising wages triggered a heated fight and some confusing crosstalk at the New York debate.

Clinton claimed she’s always supported the “fight for $15,” the labor-backed, nationwide campaign to raise the minimum wage.

But she says any increase should be gradual and she supports “setting the goal to get to $12.”

Then she added, “But of course if we have a Democratic Congress, we will go to $15.”

Rival Bernie Sanders pounced on the remarks quickly, saying. “I think the secretary has confused a lot of people.”

Sanders supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.