Hillary Clinton distances herself from Barack Obama over decision not to arm moderate Syrian rebels as neighboring Iraq deals with extremist spillover

Hillary Clinton has distanced herself from Barack Obama over the situation in Syria - saying she pushed to arm moderate Syrians, but was overruled by the President.

Mrs Clinton - a potential presidential candidate for 2016 - made her differences with Mr Obama clear.

But, though the suggestion was made, she did not go so far as to say whether different foreign policy could have prevented the rise of jihadist militants now causing chaos in Syria and Iraq.

In a TV interview she said: 'We pushed very hard. But as I say in my book, I believe that Harry Truman was right, the buck stops with the president'.

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