Clinton clinches Democratic nomination

Published June 7, 2016 12:27am ET



Hillary Clinton has reached the 2,383 delegate threshold to clinch the Democratic nomination for president, the Associated Press reported late Monday.

With her combined pledged delegates and superdelegates, Clinton beat rival Bernie Sanders to the finish line, but nothing is official until the Democratic convention in July. Sanders says he plans to stay in the primary contest all the way up to the convention.

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