Hillary Declares Victory: ‘I Will Be The Nominee. That Is Already Done’

Former Secretary of State and current Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton made some news Thursday afternoon when she declared that the Democratic nomination is already hers, telling CNN’s Chris Cuomo that “I will be the nominee of my party,” and adding, “That is already done, in effect. There is no way that I won’t be.”

That declaration came as Cuomo asked her what would happen in a general election against Donald Trump once the Democratic nominating contest is decided. Cuomo also asked Secretary Clinton for her reaction to the behavior of Bernie Sanders supporters at this past weekend’s Nevada Democratic Convention, and Hillary cannily avoided denouncing Sanders’ supporters, saying only that she was “disturbed by what we saw,” obviously with an eye toward unifying the party:

When I came out and withdrew and endorsed Senator Obama, about 40%––according to polls––about 40% of my supporters said they would never support him. So I worked really hard to make the case, as I’m sure Senator Sanders will, that whatever differences we might have, they pale in comparison to the presumptive nominee of the Republican party, name and issue you care about, domestic or international, and we are closer, Senator Sanders’ supporters and mine, than either of us is with Donald Trump.

The current electoral landscape supports Hillary’s conclusion, but as Cuomo mentioned, such a blunt assessment isn’t likely to be greeted with agreement by Team Sanders.

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