VIDEO: Hillary Clinton meets with Los Angeles healthcare workers

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- While Republican candidates were squaring off in their first debate in Ohio, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigned in Los Angeles.

She met with home health-care aides and took part in a roundtable discussion on home care in the city at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College.

Clinton expressed dismay with those who would oppose improvements for those workers, including better training and bigger paychecks.

"When people in the political world ... oppose these programs, I would like them to just walk in your shoes for a week," she told a group of workers seated around her, who provide in-home care for the elderly, sick and disabled.

"We've got people, well let's just say we've got people running for president, who I don't know what world they live in. I don't understand it. It's truly amazing to me," the front-runner for the Democratic nomination said.

Clinton's stop was intended to highlight the plight of tens of thousands of home-care workers in the country, who devote their lives to the care of others but frequently receive lower wages and, sometimes, few if any benefits.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.