Hillary wins Washington DC, has brief meeting with Sanders

WASHINGTON: Nominating contests for the 2016 US presidential election ended on Tuesday with Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic party primaries in Washington

WASHINGTON: Nominating contests for the 2016 US presidential election ended on Tuesday with Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic party primaries in Washington DC, the last fight.

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Clinton is the presumptive Democratic nominee with 2,800 delegates, more than the 2,383 required, but her sole rival for the nomination, Bernie Sanders, has not yet exited the race.

Clinton and Sanders met briefly after the Tuesday primaries in Washington. Sanders’ campaign described the meeting “constructive” and the Clinton campaign said it was “positive”.

But the two were never alone in the room. They were joined by Sanders’s wife Jane Sanders and his campaign manager Jeff Weaver and Clinton’s campaign chairman John D Podesta and her campaign manager Robby Mook. According to The New York Times, Clinton used the meeting to figure out what will it take to acquire Sanders’s endorsement. Sanders, on the other hand, tried to gauge Clinton’s commitment to his pet progressive goals such as higher minimum wages, affordable college education and open Democratic primaries.

Having won nearly 1,900 delegates himself, Sanders feels emboldened to prolong the race to win crucial concessions and commitment from Clinton.

The battle for the White House, otherwise, is being waged aggressively by Clinton and Trump. President Barack Obama, said to be itching to hit the campaign trail for her.