Clinton responded by almost answering the question–she admitted the existence of “radical elements who use a dangerous and distorted view of Islam to promote their jihadist ambitions,” but she still would not support war against “radical Islam.”

So Stephanopoulos kept at it, asking “What’s the problem with radical Islam?” and asking why Clinton can’t saying we’re fight radical Islam “even though the qualifier ‘radical’ is there?”

Clinton finally gave up the goods:

No, because, look, that — you know enough about religion, you’ve studied it. And there are radicals, people who believe all kinds of things in every religion in the world.

I don’t want to do that because, number one, it doesn’t do justice to the vast numbers of Muslims in our own country and around the world who are peaceful people.

Number two, it helps to create this clash of civilizations that is actually a recruiting tool for…