 "Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responds to a question about the potential use of U.S. ground troops to fight Islamic State during the Democratic presidential candidates debate at St. Anselm Colleg")
A latest opinion poll has shown Democratic presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton now possesses a commanding lead over her nearest rival Bernie Sanders, with a strong debate performance bolstering her favorability numbers in the US.
The former First Lady gained 50% of the Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents against Sanders' 34%, according to a CNN/ORC poll, which was conducted after the latest presidential debate of the Democratic Party.
According to CNN/ORC poll, Clinton has even larger leads on foreign policy matters and ISIS, leading Sanders by 72% to 15% on foreign policy, 63% to 18% on ISIS.
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The former Secretary of State also holds a 21-point advantage over Sanders on handling gun policy, 51% prefer Clinton vs 30% Sanders, the news channel said.
However, the poll suggests Clinton faces a stiff challenge from top three GOP candidates.
She narrowly leads Donald Trump within the poll's margin of sampling error, 49% to 47%, in a hypothetical general election matchup.
But she falls behind Ted Cruz by two points (Cruz 48% to Clinton 46% and three points behind Marco Rubio (49% Rubio to 46% Clinton), the poll said.
