NEW YORK, NY October 11, 2007 —Senator Hillary Clinton has been under fire from her democratic opponents for voting to call the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a "terrorist group." They say the vote was the first step towards authorizing the President to go to war with Iran.

REPORTER: But in an interview with New Hampshire Public Radio Clinton defended her vote.

CLINTON: This is no way gives President Bush any authority whatsoever. It is a non-binding resolution. It has not passed the House of Representatives. Even if it were it is not a law, it is not an amendment to anything.

REPORTER: Clinton said she believed the vote would encourage diplomacy.

Senator Hillary Clinton is also defending her decision to stay on the Michigan ballot. Her major rivals removed their names from that state's primary ballot after the national democratic party said Michigan's primary violated party rules by being too close to New Hampshire's.

But in an interview with New Hampshire Public Radio, Clinton says she's staying on the ballot so as not to abandon the people of Michigan.

CLINTON: I'm not going to campaign there before the deadlines in the February 5 window, I'm not going to spend any money there, but I did not think it was okay to just say "good-bye Michigan."

REPORTER: Party rules are disallowing candidates from campaigning in states that hold primaries within two weeks of New Hampshire's January 8 primary.

NHPR Interview with Hillary Clinton