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5 must-see moments from the first presidential debate

Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced off in their first debate Monday night at New York's Hofstra University, trading jabs for 90 minutes as they tried to win over voters in a tight race. 
Here are some must-see moments from the showdown, moderated by NBC's Lester Holt:

1. Candidates spar over taxes, emails. In one of the most heated exchanges of the night, the candidates clashed over two big issues: Trump's refusal to release his tax returns and Clinton's email scandal.

"The reason nominees have released their returns for decades is so that voters will know if their potential president owes money to – who he owes it to and any business conflicts," Holt said. "Don't Americans have a right to know if there are any conflicts of interest?"
Trump replied, "I'm under a routine audit. And it'll be released. And as soon as the audit's finished, it will be released."
When Holt pointed out that the IRS has said that Trump is "perfectly free" to release his taxes during an audit, the Republican nominee turned to Clinton's email scandal.
"I will release my tax returns – against my lawyer's wishes – when she releases her 33,000 emails that have been deleted. As soon as she releases them, I will release," Trump said to cheers from the audience.
Clinton responded by outlining why she believes Trump isn't releasing his taxes, questioning his income, charitable donations and business dealings.
"Or maybe he doesn't want the American people, all of you watching tonight, to know that he's paid nothing in federal taxes," she said.
Trump responded, "That makes me smart." 
Clinton also addressed the email controversy, saying, "I made a mistake using a private email."
"That's for sure," Trump shot back.
Clinton continued, "And if I had to do it over again, I would, obviously, do it differently. But I'm not going to make any excuses. It was a mistake, and I take responsibility for that."

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2. Clinton fires back after Trump questions her stamina. When asked to weigh in on his recent comment that Clinton doesn't have "a presidential look," Trump responded, "She doesn't have the look. She doesn't have the stamina. I said she doesn't have the stamina. And I don't believe she does have the stamina. To be president of this country, you need tremendous stamina."

A bemused Clinton replied, "Well, as soon as he travels to 112 countries and negotiates a peace deal, a cease-fire, a release of dissidents, an opening of new opportunities in nations around the world, or even spends 11 hours testifying in front of a congressional committee, he can talk to me about stamina."
After a round of applause, Trump said, "Let me tell you. Hillary has experience, but it's bad experience. We have made so many bad deals during the last – so she's got experience, that I agree."
The audience applauded once again.

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3. Clinton defends her debate preparation. While discussing African-American communities and his visits to Detroit and Philadelphia, Trump slammed Clinton's recent absence from the campaign trail, saying, "I've been all over the place. You decided to stay home, and that's OK."

"I think Donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate," Clinton responded. "And, yes, I did. And you know what else I prepared for? I prepared to be president. And I think that's a good thing."

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4. Trump says "why not" blame Clinton for all the country's problems. After Trump laid into Clinton on economic issues, she joked, "I have a feeling that by the end of this evening, I'm going to be blamed for everything that's ever happened."

"Why not?" Trump fired back.
Clinton said, "Why not? Yeah, why not. You know, just join the debate by saying more crazy things." 
"There's nothing crazy about not letting our companies bring their money back into their country," he responded.

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5. Trump lauds his temperament. When asked how his judgment is different from Clinton's, Trump said, "Well, I have much better judgment than she does. There's no question about that. I also have a much better temperament than she has, you know?"

He added, "I think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. I have a winning temperament. I know how to win."
Clinton later criticized Trump with a line she has used before.
"So a man who can be provoked by a tweet should not have his fingers anywhere near the nuclear codes, so far as I think anyone with any sense about this should be concerned."
Trump responded, "That line's getting a little bit old, I must say."
"It's a good one, though," Clinton shot back. "It well describes the problem."

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