Islamic State must be defeated not contained: Clinton

November 15, 2015 12:42

US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has said the Islamic State militant group must be defeated not contained, even as she asserted that the US was not at "war with Islam" but against violent extremism.

"I think that we have to look at ISIS as the leading threat of an international terror network. It cannot be contained, it must be defeated," Clinton, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, said during a Democratic presidential debate yesterday.

Her remarks came a day after the horrific terror attacks in Paris that claimed over 120 lives. The responsibility of the attacks has been claimed by ISIS.

With the carnage in Paris taking centre stage at the Democratic presidential debate, the three candidates -- Clinton, liberal Senator Bernie Sanders and former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley -- began their debate with a moment of silence for the victims in France.

"We are not at war with Islam," Clinton, the former secretary of state, said, adding that, "We are at war with violent extremism."

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