Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said the U.S. economy has replaced Iraq as the nation's top concern and the government must take quick action to avoid a lengthy recession.

"We don't have time to wait," the New York senator said in an interview with Bloomberg Television from Las Vegas, where she is campaigning before the state's party caucuses in three days. "We've got to get the president and Congress working together to take the fiscal steps that hopefully will eliminate some of the pain."

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