grilled on why she won't endorse trump. >> i would tell a child to absolutely aspire certainly to be their best and to be president and to seek to run for the presidency, absolutely. >> but would you -- again, to the question. would you tell them to be like donald trump? would you point to him as a role model? >> i think that certainly there are many role models that we have, and i believe he can serve as president, so absolutely i would do that. >> if you believe he can serve as president, why won't you endorse him if. >> because i've had some disagreements with him and i've been quite clear about those disagreements. >> senator ayotte released a statement shortly after the debate that read, i misspoke tonight. while i would hope all of our children would aspire to be president, neither donald trump nor hillary clinton have set a good example and i would not hold up either of them as role