Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton faced off with a group of climate change hecklers during a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Thursday.

The former secretary of state was asked a range of questions while speaking at her first town hall of her second presidential campaign in the Granite State. However, her answer to a question about the extraction of fossil fuels on public grounds sparked outrage among some in the crowd.

When asked if she would take a hard stance to ban the extraction of fossil fuels on public lands, the 2016 hopeful responded that although she believes "climate change is an existential threat," she would not commit to banning the practice "until we get alternatives into place," reports CNN.

Some audience members, however, found her answer to be problematic.

"I'm going to be honest, I was disappointed by the answer that you gave before about climate change," said a University of New Hampshire student later on, according to MSNBC.

The student then asked Clinton if her "refusal to take leadership on climate change" was "due to the fact that you have contributions from the fossil fuel industry in your campaign."

"No, no it is not," Clinton replied. "We have to change our energy policy. I have been clear about that, I have been repeatedly clear about that. We also have to do it in a way that also doesn't disrupt our economy."

She continued, "It's really easy to say, 'yeah, let's ban all these fossil fuel extractions,' and forget about all the people who are employed, who have jobs, who rely on the energy."

However, in the middle of her response, several audience members began chanting "act on climate." Two other demonstrators who were part of protest organized by the environmental group 350 Action unfurled a banner reading "Ban extraction on public land."

"That's okay, that's okay" Clinton shouted over the hecklers. "I'm all in favor of acting on climate."

Once the chanting ceased, Clinton went on voicing her thoughts on climate change.

"I certainly would have public lands on the list of things we have to address, there's no doubt about that. My biggest problem is trying to figure out how we do what we need to do absent a congress who will support what we need to do," said the candidate.

Watch the incident below.