She was leading her rival Bernie Sanders with 56% votes to Bernie Sanders' 43% votes with 93% of the votes counted. She also declared herself the Democratic Party nominee for U.S. president and also the first woman in the history of United States of America with a major lead in the race for White House.
Celebrating her victory and speaking of it she said in a speech that:
"Thanks to you, we have reached a milestone," Clinton said in a speech. "We all owe so much to who came before." (Fox Business)
While Sanders is still focused on his candidacy and said he will resume his campaign in next Tuesday's primary in the District of Columbia. He further said that:
"We are going to fight hard to win the primary in Washington DC," he said. "And then we take our fight for social, economic, racial and environmental justice to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." (Fox Business)
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