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| Puerto Rico victory buoys Clinton |
| Hillary Clinton has said her fight for the Democratic presidential nomination will go on, after winning a largely symbolic victory in Puerto Rico.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 2-June-2008
8:10:6 AM |
| With only two state contests left to fight, she is trailing Barack Obama by 1,915 delegate votes to 2,071, according to AP's rolling count.
She insisted she was the best candidate to fight the Republicans in November.
Her campaign earlier suffered a setback when the party compromised over contest results from Florida and Michigan.
But her campaign hopes that the victory in Puerto Rico could help Senator Clinton convince more so-called super-delegates - party officials, with a free choice over which candidate to support - to back her presidential bid
The final two Democratic nominating contests - Montana and South Dakota - will be held on Tuesday.
Puerto Rico, a territory associated with the US, sends 55 pledged delegates to the Democratic Party's national convention in August, although its people will not have a vote in the actual presidential election.
Mrs Clinton took 38 of them to Senator Obama's 17, according to the Associated Press. Mrs Clinton also won four of the territory's unelected super-delegates to her rival's two.
Speaking to her cheering supporters after her win, she argued that because the race was so close, it was the senior members of the Democratic Party who would have to decide
She said they would have to answer three questions in deciding on the presidential nominee.
"Which candidate best represents the will of the people who voted in this historic primary, which candidate is best able to lead us to victory in November and which candidate is best able to lead our nation as our president in the face of unprecedented challenges at home and abroad?" she asked.
A spokesman for Mr Obama said he hoped to clinch the nomination this week, after the last two primaries.
He needs to win at least 2,118 delegates to succeed.
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