He knows it's Wolf's "job" to phrase the questions in a certain way, always pushing the horse race instead of the policies that matter. Looking for devisive angles the media can exploit for ratings while keeping the real issues out of the frame of discussion.
But the part many here are missing, is Bernie knows that it's NOT Wolf's job to elicit any certain response from Bernie. Wolf didn't fail, at all, in this interview, he did exactly what he was supposed to do. Wolf just has to provide the framing, then he's done his job, and he doesn't appear particularly invested in where it goes after he asks a question.
This frees up Bernie to respond however he wants to. Bernie chooses to stick with the issues, ignoring the empty horse-race stuff. Bernie is all about the issues. And he's a pro, as is Wolf. Two pros, each doing their task well. I can't stand Blitzer, but he is very good at serving certain interests, in a seemingly transparent way. Not a problem for Bernie, Wolf gets to ask his stupid questions, Bernie gets to make his points, and no hard feelings either way. Bernie's very very good at this game, he's been doing it for a long time, and pretty much every time Bernie is dealing wiith someone ideologically to the right of him, so he's got this down to a routine exercise.
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