Call it Hillary Clinton's Wall Street dilemma.

In unveiling her most specific plans yet to stiffen rules on financial firms, Clinton's presidential campaign is aiming to shore up her standing with the liberal base of the Democratic party that has made getting tough on the industry a near litmus test for their support.

At the same time, the Democratic frontrunner's move was greeted with a shrug by many bankers because it stopped short of the calls by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, her closest rival for the party's nomination, to break up the biggest lenders.

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