Clinton doesn't distance herself from Obama in ISIS speech

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton laid out her anti-ISIS strategy in a speech on Thursday.

"Our goal is not to deter or contain ISIS, but to defeat and destroy ISIS," Clinton said during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations.

"We should be honest about the fact that to be successful, air strikes will have to be combined with ground forces actually taking back more territory from ISIS," Clinton said.

Clinton's speech came in the wake of last week's Paris terror attacks, for which ISIS claimed responsibility.

Clinton called for more special forces operations, which President Obama has already authorized. Experts say distancing herself from the president's policy could be hard. (Video via The White House)

Clinton served as Obama's secretary of state from 2009 to 2013. More than half of Americans in a recent poll said they disapprove of Obama's foreign policy. (Video via U.S. Department of State)

This video includes an image from Getty Images.

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