CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — Hillary Clinton is hoping to lock up the Democratic nomination in just a few more days.
Campaigning in California Friday at an organizing event geared at women, Clinton told about 500 cheering supporters that “if all goes well, I will have the great honor as of Tuesday to be the Democratic nominee for president.”
Flanked by female celebrities and elected officials, including Sally Field, Elizabeth Banks and Debra Messing, Clinton embraced the historic nature of her candidacy.
“Starting next Tuesday we’re on our way to breaking the highest and hardest glass ceiling,” she said.
Clinton is just 70 delegates away from clinching the nomination. She leads rival Bernie Sanders by 268 pledged delegates and her advantage grows with the superdelegates, party officials who can back any candidate. Both Clinton and Sanders are campaigning aggressively in California, which is among the states voting on Tuesday.
Clinton continued her attacks on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, who she assailed in a foreign policy speech this week, calling him “temperamentally unfit” to be president.
Clinton’s star supporters rallied the crowd by talking up her record of experience and questioning Trump’s ability to serve. Field drew applause as she questioned why “likeability” is considered a problem for Clinton.
“What is this a high school popularity contest? She’s not running to be anybody’s friend. She’s running to be the president of the United States,” Field said.
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