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From statements about Hispanic immigrants to foreign policy positions, Hillary Clinton said Thursday she's seen enough evidence to conclude Donald Trump is not qualified to be president.
Democratic Party insiders fear Sen. Bernard Sanders and his "revolution" followers have little to lose by pursuing a scorched-earth campaign against Hillary Clinton, and the unease is growing despite vows from the maverick politician's camp that violence will not erupt at the Democratic National Convention in July.
Sen. Bernard Sanders claimed victory in the Oregon primary on Tuesday night, defeating Hillary Clinton and continuing to rack up wins despite having little realistic shot at claiming the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
Hillary Clinton eked out a narrow win in the Kentucky primary Tuesday, but she continues to limp toward the party convention in July while mired in a two-front war that is draining time, money and energy from her campaign and distracting from the general election fight against presumed Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernard Sanders battled to a virtual tie in Kentucky on Tuesday, further miring the Clinton campaign in a brutal primary fight while it also tries to turn its attention to another front — the general election battle against Republican Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton's prospects in November depend largely on pulling the famed "Obama coalition" back together for her showdown with Republican Donald Trump, and the Clinton campaign in recent days has taken explicit steps to court Hispanics, women, millennials and other key blocs of voters that propelled President Obama to victory in 2008.
From suspicion over the Clintons' Whitewater dealings to 2008 claims of having braved "sniper fire" in Bosnia to now, where she faces questions over her use of a secret email server to conduct business in the State Department, Hillary Clinton has earned a level of distrust that's almost unprecedented for a major political party presidential nominee.
Fresh off a big win in the West Virginia primary, Sen. Bernard Sanders' campaign said Wednesday the Democratic Party would be courting "disaster" if it nominates Hillary Clinton as its presidential nominee.
As she laid out an ambitious plan to lower child care costs across the country, Hillary Clinton Tuesday painted presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump as dangerous for women and families, previewing a line of attack she's sure to ratchet up as the general election campaign begins in earnest.
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is intent on ignoring her nagging battle with Bernard Sanders and focusing on the looming general election, but that strategy is about to get much more difficult, with the Vermont senator poised to notch more big primary wins in coming weeks and complicate the former first lady's efforts to unify the party.
Just days before Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan meet to bridge differences and unify the Republican Party, the billionaire businessman again broke GOP economic orthodoxy and one of his most prominent and earliest supporters said she would work to oust Mr. Ryan from his post.
Donald Trump must reach out to American military veterans and should retract past statements about preferring those who "weren't captured," John McCain said Sunday.
Polls show that Donald Trump has a real problem with women voters, but his campaign doubled down in its fights with Hillary Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Hillary Clinton's pitch to voters in Appalachia fell flat this week, and she is in real danger of losing the West Virginia primary to Sen. Bernard Sanders next week -- but analysts say the former first lady has deeper problems in coal country that could spill into the general election.
Hillary Clinton has been the likely 2016 Democratic presidential nominee for four years, yet she's still struggling to solidify herself -- and even upstart Republican Donald Trump has surpassed her, clearing away all 16 of his opponents in less than a year.
Sen. Bernard Sanders captured a surprise win in the Indiana primary Tuesday, giving his campaign more fuel to fight until the Democratic National Convention in July and frustrating Hillary Clinton, who desperately wants to shift into general election mode.