BIDEN: “Bernie calls himself a democratic socialist. Are you going to win with the label? Are you going to help somebody in Florida win, with the label democratic socialist? Because it’s going to go all the way down the line. That’s what’s going to happen. Are you going to win in North Carolina? Going to win in Pennsylvania? Are you going to win in those states and the Midwest? I didn’t put the label on Bernie. Bernie calls himself a democratic socialist.

STEPHANOPOULOS: “So, you think, flat out, Democrats can’t defeat Trump if they have to defend socialism?”

BIDEN: “I think it’s going to be incredibly more difficult. Look, if I don’t get the nomination and Bernie gets it, I’m going to work like hell for him. But, I tell you what, it’s a bigger uphill climb running as a senator or a congressperson or a governor on a ticket that calls itself the democratic socialist ticket.”