by Mark Silva

Sen. Barack Obama may believe that he has put the Rev. Jeremiah Wright behind him, but Sen. Hillary Clinton does not.

"Well, I take offense at it,'' Clinton says of the remarks of Obama's longtime and now retiring pastor, in an interview with FOX News' Bill O'Reilly that will start airing on The O'Reilly Factor this evening.

"I think it's offensive and outrageous,'' Clinton tells O'Reilly. "And, you know, I'm going to express my opinion, others can express theirs. But, you know, it is -- it is part of, you know, just an atmosphere that we're in today where all kinds of things are being said.

"And people have to, you know, decide what they believe,'' Clinton says, with a ready allusion to one of Wright's more infamous suggestions: "I sure don't believe the United States government was behind AIDS."

While Clinton corners The O'Reilly Factor tonight, NBC Nightly News will air excerpts of an interview with Obama and wife Michelle and CNN is promoting a talk with Michelle Obama on Anderson Cooper 360. The FOX News Channel interview with Clinton, conducted in South Bend, Ind., today. will air in segments, starting tonight at 8 pm EDT and again Thursday at the same time.

Obama this week sought to distance himself from the retiring pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, whose remarks from the pulpit have created a storm of controversy for the campaign of a longtime congregant.

Clinton speaks about more than Obama, of course, in the FOX interview. She addresses the high price of gasoline and more:

"I'm trying to lay the groundwork so that when I'm president, we can get in there and say this has been going on way too long. I also want to take on OPEC. You know, OPEC is a cartel, it's a monopoly,'' Clinton tells O'Reilly. "Nine of the 13 biggest oil-producing countries that are in OPEC are also members of the WTO. I would file complaints. I would also change the law so that citizens and businesses could file antitrust actions. We're going to begin to hold them accountable."

See more here, courtesy of FOX News, from the O'Reilly interview of Clinton:

"In the '90s, we had one of the strongest, fairest economies we've ever had,'' Clinton says on the question of taxes and the economy. "Yes, did people like you and me pay a little bit more? We sure did. But so did everybody else benefit, because middle class taxes stayed pretty even.

"People are net losers under the Bush economy,'' Clinton asserts. "They were net winners under the Clinton economy. We're going to bring back a good, positive economy for the vast majority of Americans."

On Iran:

"If Iran were to ever obtain a nuclear weapon, that would be unbelievably bad for us and the world. And I'm going to do everything I can to prevent that from ever happening.''

On withdrawal of troops from Iran:

"First of all, I believe that our military has fulfilled all their military missions. There's no doubt in my mind. They got rid of Saddam Hussein, which they were asked to do. They gave the Iraqis free and fair elections. They gave the Iraqi government the space and time to make the decisions that only the Iraqis can make for themselves.

"There is no military solution to what we face in Iraq, which is unprecedented. It is dangerous, it is unstable. I have said that I will begin withdrawing our troops because I believe two things.

"Number one, because there is no military solution, we have got to emphasize the political and the diplomatic. And because as we withdraw them, that's the only way to focus the Iraqi government on what they must do for themselves.

"I think it's somewhat open to debate as to whether Iran really wants to see us withdraw, and here's why. They have been an equal opportunity supporter of the militias, of the insurgents, of anybody who would pick up arms against the United States.

"They would have to begin to pick sides. That will, I believe, catalyze Iraqi nationalism. Remember, we have a Persian state, the Iranians; an Arab state, the Iraqis. There will be a lot of conflict between the Iranians and the Iraqis moving forward if the United States is on the sidelines, in stead of in the middle."

On terrorist interrogation and water-boarding:

"Well, Bill, first of all, of the three of us who are running for president, each of us has decided we will not condone and sanction torture. Obviously Senator McCain knows a whole lot more about this than both of us put together. I know from firsthand discussions with people who have responsibilities for extracting information and getting good intelligence out of those who are our enemies that torture doesn't work.''

On immigration:

"It's broken. I share the frustration. I have voted for tougher border controls. I've voted to put more money, more personnel, even a physical barrier where appropriate. I'm 100 percent in favor of tightening our borders, of enforcing the laws against employers, of going after the kind of abuses that we see in the job market, of making it clear that we have got to figure out what we're going to do with people."