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Well, maybe she’ll support Bernie.

Hillary Clinton ever-so-slightly walked back her comments on her 2016 Democratic primary rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) after facing considerable backlash.

“I thought everyone wanted my authentic, unvarnished views!” the former secretary of state joked in a tweet. “But to be serious, the number one priority for our country and world is retiring Trump, and, as I always have, I will do whatever I can to support our nominee.”

On Tuesday, Clinton was asked by The Hollywood Reporter about comments she made about Sanders in a new Hulu documentary.

“He was in Congress for years. He had one senator support him. Nobody likes him. Nobody wants to work with him. He got nothing done. He was a career politician. It’s all just baloney, and I feel so bad that people got sucked into it,” she says in the documentary.

The 2016 Democratic nominee told the magazine that she stood by those comments, adding that Sanders, his advisers and his supporters created a toxic culture.

“It’s not only him — it’s the culture around him,” the former first lady said.

“It’s his leadership team. It’s his prominent supporters. It’s his online Bernie bros and their relentless attacks on lots of his competitors, particularly the women.”

Sanders jokingly responded to his former rival’s statements by joking to a reporter Tuesday that, “On a good day, my wife likes me, so let’s clear the air on that one.”

“Secretary Clinton is entitled to her point of view,” Sanders added while on Capitol Hill.

When asked why he thought his 2016 primary competitor was “still talking about 2016,” Sanders responded, “That is a good question, you should ask her.”

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