Hillary Clinton becomes the first presidential candidate

Former U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton has become the first female presidential candidate in the 240-year U.S. history.

According to the Associated Press and CNN on Monday, Hillary Clinton received much more votes than Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Democratic caucuses, securing over the magic number or a majority of delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The race for the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 11 will be a competition between Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party and Donald Trump of the Republican Party.

In fact, Clinton was supposed to win the nomination on Tuesday. Analysts viewed that she could secure the magic number after caucuses in six states including California (546). Contrary to the forecast, however, her overwhelming success in caucuses in the previous two states allowed her to reach the magic number.

"We are on the brink of a historic and unprecedented moment but we still have work to do,” she said. Sanders claims it would be “factually incorrect” to tally the number of the superdelegates until the Democratic National Convention, making it clear that he would not drop out of the race until the party’s national convention on July 25.

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