Hillary Clinton made history Monday as she became the first woman to win a major party’s presidential nomination, ending a grueling primary that suggested that her return to the White House will be anything but easy.
According to a tally maintained by the Associated Press news agency, she has secured enough delegates to win the Democratic Party nomination for president.
Her victory arrived nearly eight years to the day after she conceded her first White House campaign to Barack Obama and ends weeks of growing frustration as her rival, Bernie Sanders, promises to fight on.
However, her campaign has declined to declare victory, sending out messages saying that it would continue to fight for every vote and every delegate.
At a rally in California, Mrs Clinton said: “According to the news, we are on the brink of a historic, historic, unprecedented moment.
“But we still have work to do, don’t we? We have six elections tomorrow and we’re going to fight hard for every single vote, especially right here in California.”
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