Clinton campaign downplays big lead in Iowa polls

By Ariel Cohen, Ariel Cohen

Published December 20, 2015

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Hillary Clinton's campaign doesn't believe the polls — even the ones showing the Democratic front-runner with a huge lead in Iowa.

"Let the record show, we don't just complain about public polls that are bad for us. These 2 Iowa polls are great for us and crazy wrong," Hillary for America communications director Jen Palmieri said in a tweet Tuesday afternoon.

On Tuesday, Iowa Democrats showed Clinton to be the clear favorite among potential voters. According to the Monmouth poll Clinton leads Sanders by 41 percentage points with 65 percent of the vote.