Vice President Kamala Harris emerged from the shadows on Thursday for her first interviews since launching her campaign but without discussing why aides have reversed some of her policy positions or reflecting on her time working for President Joe Biden.

More than a month after becoming the Democratic front-runner, Harris' campaign finally agreed to a CNN interview with her running mate, Governor Tim Walz. In the short half-hour interview, Harris and Walz answered questions about the governor's lies about his military service and Harris's change of attitude since the last presidential election.

CNN's Dana Bash began the interview by asking Harris what she would accomplish on Day 1 if she won the presidential election. Harris told Bash she would “strengthen the middle class,” prompting Waltz to offer his perspective, after which the CNN host doubled down.

“You've been vice president for three and a half years now, why haven't you taken these steps?” Bash asked.

“First of all, we needed to get our economy going, and we got that done. I'm very proud of our work to keep inflation below 3 percent, our work to cap insulin costs for seniors at $35 a month. Donald Trump said he was going to do some things, like allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. That didn't happen. We got it done,” Harris said.

Bash also questioned Harris about a series of shifts in her campaign aides' tone on the vice president's behalf.

“When you were in Congress, you supported the Green New Deal and in 2019 you said, 'I'm in favor of banning fracking, without question,'” Bash asked. “As you know, fracking is a pretty big issue, especially in Pennsylvania, which is a state you absolutely have to win. Do you still want to ban fracking?”

Harris first told the CNN host that she no longer wants to ban fracking and that she made that clear in 2020. Bash pointed out that Harris had said in a town hall meeting in 2019 that she did, in fact, want to ban fracking. The CNN host asked the vice president why she wanted to change her 2019 position in 2020. (Related: Kamala Harris fails to distance herself from left-wing 2020 campaign despite aides' best efforts)

Bash also criticized Harris' role in overseeing the border crisis while she was vice president. Harris was asked if she still believed border crossing should be decriminalized, a position she took during the 2019 campaign. She did not answer the question directly, saying only that she believes in “consequences” and that “there are laws that must be followed and enforced.”

As her views shifted throughout the interview, Bash asked the vice president how he expected Americans to interpret her policy platform, which her campaign website has not yet made clear.

“Generally speaking, how should voters view some of the changes that you've outlined in your platform? Is it because you're more experienced and more informed? Is it because you're running for president in the Democratic primary? And should voters feel reassured that what you're saying now is going to be policy going forward?”

“I think the most important and significant thing about my policy views and decisions is that my values ​​haven't changed,” Harris began. “You talked about the Green New Deal, and I've always believed and committed to the fact that the climate crisis is real and that we have an urgent need to apply standards, including deadlines. We did that with the Inflation Control Act. We set a goal for the United States, and by extension the world, of when we need to meet certain standards of residential gas emissions reductions, and those values ​​haven't changed.”

CNN also dove into Biden's disastrous debate performance, which sparked efforts to oust the president and replace him with Harris. After Biden stumbled against Trump in the June 27 debate, Democrats raised alarms about the 81-year-old Biden's fitness to serve and his ability to lead a second term as president. Amid the post-debate furor, Harris appeared on CNN to defend the president's health and mental clarity. (Related: Kamala Harris once thought a border wall was “un-American.” Now she supports it.)

“Do you have any regrets about what you told the American people? [about Biden’s health]”?” Bash asked.

“Not at all,” Harris responded, explaining Biden's loyalty to the American people.

The interview wasn't entirely focused on Ms. Harris: After sitting quietly through the first half of the interview, Mr. Walz was then questioned about a series of lies, including about his military record.

Walz's military record had previously come under fire after the Harris campaign shared a video in 2018 in which the vice presidential candidate promoted gun control and said the “weapons of war that I carried in the war” should be reserved for combat use only, even though the governor has never served in combat.

Bash pressed Waltz to explain whether he had misspoken twice.

“This case is about the idea of ​​carrying a weapon of war after a school shooting, my wife, who's an English teacher, says my grammar isn't always right, but again, if it's not an attack on my kids for showing their affection for me, or an attack on my dog, I wouldn't do it. And what I will never do is disrespect the service of any other member of Congress in any way. I never have and I never will,” the governor said.

Waltz was also found to have lied about undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments with his wife to start a family, and about having previously committed drunk driving.

“You said you and your wife used IVF, but then had to clarify that you used a different type of reproductive method to have a child. And while you were campaigning for Congress in 2006, you falsely stated multiple times that you had been arrested for drunk driving in 1995. What would you say to voters who aren't sure whether to take you at your word?” Bash asked.

Governor Walz began by telling Governor Bash that he had former students and military veterans who had served alongside him and could vouch for the governor's character, before shifting the topic to his and Harris's opponents.

“When I make a mistake, I own up to it. All I can say is I wish we never had to do this in this country. I talked about infertility, because it's hell and families know it. And I talked about the treatments that we have available that have resulted in beautiful children. And that's in stark contrast to those who are trying to take that right away from us,” Waltz began.

“So I think people know who I am. I know my track record. I know I've taught thousands of students. I'm not going to apologize for going out and speaking so passionately about whether it's guns in schools or protecting reproductive rights, there's no clear contrast between the issues that we're opposed to,” he continued.

Harris and Walz's speeches, which lasted less than 30 minutes, left some questions to answer about what their campaigns stand for, but were at least somewhat satisfying to some.

“She may not have scored a touchdown tonight, but she drove the ball down the field,” Ashley Allison, former national coalition director for the Biden-Harris 2020 campaign, told CNN after the game.