AS IT IS 2016-03-17 After Big Wins, Clinton Looks Ahead

AS IT IS 2016-03-17 After Big Wins, Clinton Looks Ahead

Hillary Clinton moved closer to the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination¹ after winning primaries in four states Tuesday.

The former secretary of state easily defeated Senator Bernie Sanders in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina and Ohio.

After a surprise victory in Michigan last week, Sanders spent more time and resources to compete in Ohio and Illinois.

The one remaining contest on Tuesday, in the state of Missouri, is too close to call.

In her victory speech in Florida, Clinton said she was “moving closer to securing the Democratic nomination and winning this election in November.”

She aimed her speech at Republican front-runner Donald Trump². “When we hear a candidate for president call for rounding up 12 million immigrants, banning all Muslims from entering the United States, when he embraces torture, that doesn’t make him strong – it makes him wrong.”

The Clinton campaign also Tuesday released a Spanish-language ad in Arizona. The ad focuses on Trump and not on Sanders, Clinton's Democratic opponent.

Michael Martinez is a political science professor at the University of Florida. He said Clinton’s victories on Tuesday night were close to knocking Sanders out of the race.

With the latest victories, the Associated Press said Clinton has 1,599 delegates. She will only need another 784 delegates to win the nomination.

1 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。