Hillary Clinton. Photo: Screenshot.

NBC – Five days into 2016, and Hillary Clinton is probably doing a better job of keeping her New Year’s resolution than most people.

In her first national television interview of the year following a campaign stop Tuesday in Osage, Iowa, the Democratic presidential front-runner refused to respond to the more pointed barbs from her Republican counterpart, Donald Trump, choosing instead to repeatedly stress a message of unity on issues ranging from gun control to international terrorism. The exclusive interview with MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews came one day after Clinton told voters in Cedar Rapids that her New Year’s resolution was to avoid any slugfests with the sharp-tongued real estate mogul.

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