CLEVELAND -- Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has told Channel 3 News that she has not yet accepted or rejected an invitation to take part in the Feb. 26 presidential debate with U.S. Sen. Barack Obama here in Cleveland.

She made the comment during a one-on-one interview Tuesday afternoon with Channel 3 News senior political correspondent Tom Beres.

Clinton and Obama are scheduled to debate at 9 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University.

"You know, Tom, I've accepted a lot of debates," Senator Clinton told Beres. "I was talking to a Youngstown channel and I've accepted their debate. I've accepted a CNN debate so there are a lot of opportunities for us to debate."

Clinton's appearance at the Feb. 26 debate was first put in jeopardy Friday after an MSNBC anchor David Shuster made a distasteful remark about Chelsea Clinton's campaigning for her mother.

"It's not a surprise I've been very troubled by the behavior of that particular network," she told Beres, "so I welcome the opportunity to debate. We've got a lot of options open to us and I hope Senator Obama will agree to one of those."

Hillary Clinton's communications director Howard Wolfson then said Hillary would not appear at any NBC-sponsored debates.

Shuster has apologized for his remark and the network suspended him.

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and Meet The Press's Tim Russert will moderate the Cleveland debate.

The availability of tickets to the event -- how many will be available and how they will be allocated -- is still being worked out among CSU officials.

Ticket information will be posted at wkyc.com and reported on WKYC newscasts as soon as it is available.