Hillary Clinton claimed her place in history Tuesday as America's first female presumptive presidential nominee but rival Bernie Sanders is refusing to drop his bid despite overwhelming odds.
But hours after Clinton's euphoric victory rally in Brooklyn, Sanders spoke before a roaring crowd of his own in California to declare "the struggle continues." The Vermont senator pledged to stay in the race through next week's primary in Washington, D.C., and to fight on for social, economic, racial and environmental justice at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Reaching the highest peak yet in a tumultuous and trailblazing political career, Clinton claimed victory exactly eight years after folding her 2008 Democratic primary campaign against Obama.
"Thanks to you, we've reached a milestone," she said during a speech in Brooklyn.
"Tonight's victory is not about one person. It belongs to generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed and made this moment possible."
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