Southbound, Clinton aims to build delegate edge over Sanders

The Clinton camp hoped that her disappointing showing in the predominantly white early nominating states would quickly be erased once the nomination process moved to states with an ethnic makeup more representative of the wider electorate.

But she also demanded more of the young voters who have been mostly attracted to 74-year-old Sanders’ message.

With four-fifths of the votes counted, Clinton was at 52.2 percent while rival Bernie Sanders, was at 47.7 percent.

In her victory speech, Mrs Clinton devoted her campaign to “hotel and casino workers who never wavered” and “the thousands of men and women with kids to raise, bills to pay and dreams that won’t die”.

“We will build opportunities that will go as far as your hard work will take you”, Clinton told supporters.

Sanders said he believes he could do well in several Super Tuesday states on March 1.

The two candidates will now face off in South Carolina’s Democratic primary next Saturday, where Clinton is widely expected to win, buoyed at least in part by support that she expects from African-American voters.

“Nevada did what it had to do for her. It was the firewall after that big loss to Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire”, the Clinton Foundation donor proclaimed.

Next Saturday, Democratic voters will choose their nominee during a contest in SC. But in the wake of Sanders’s surprising performance in Iowa and his 22-point margin of victory in New Hampshire, the latest Quinnipiac poll shows he and Hillary are statistically tied across the country. She weathered an influx of liberals and first-time caucus-goers to win in an unpredictable state.

“To everyone who turned out in every corner of Nevada with determination and heart: This is your win”, Clinton said on Twitter.

Clyburn, the No. 3 ranked Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives and the only Democrat in Congress from SC, stayed neutral in the bitter 2008 race between Clinton and Barack Obama.

“I think we have a good shot in Colorado, a good shot in Minnesota, a good shot in MA”.

Despite her victory, the closeness of the race in the Nevada primary marks a significant step for the Sanders campaign. “And I think we will surprise people in some other states as well”.

“I wish we had had a larger voter turnout”, Sanders said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press”.