Sen. Maggie Hassan is responding to some of the attacks launched at her by her Republican challengers over the last few weeks.Two of the senator’s newest opponents, Londonderry town manager Kevin Smith and state Senate President Chuck Morse, have focused the early part of their campaigns making the case against the incumbent."I've come to view her not so much as Maggie Hassan but as Maggie 'Hasn't,’” Smith said."The Democrats right now in Washington are so liberal and she's doing nothing about the policies that they're pushing,” Morse said.Ret. Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc, who declared his run for Senate months ago, has also kept his focus on Hassan as this campaign heats up.For months, the senator has stayed mostly above the fray, but now that might be changing."These are folks who would've stood with Mitch McConnell in holding back our economic recovery, in denying critical support to our law enforcement first responders, critical support to getting our schools re-opened and staying open,” Hassan said.In a one-on-one interview, Hassan weighed in on the criticism she has received from Morse over their policy clashes at the State House. She claimed she actually changed his mind one key issue. "While I was governor, I was able to push Chuck to actually support some things that he originally opposed, like Medicaid expansion,” Hassan said.As for Smith's contention that Hassan never directly reached out to him during the pandemic as he was leading the town of Londonderry, she said she did connect in group settings."I had roundtables and was in constant contact with municipal leaders, mayors and town managers across the state. Sometimes those roundtables included people from Londonderry,” Hassan said.By the time Election Day arrives in nine months, Hassan said there will be a clear contrast for voters between her and the eventual Republican nominee.“They continue to stand with corporations over the people of New Hampshire and at the expense of the people of New Hampshire,” Hassan said.