After Nevada Win, Clinton Tells Backers 'We're In This Together'
LAS VEGAS (CBSNewYork/AP) -- With her husband, former President Bill Clinton, standing by her side, Hillary Clinton told her supporters Saturday that "we're in this together.''
"This is your campaign and it is a campaign to break down every barrier that holds you back,'' she said. "We're going to build ladders of opportunity in their place so every American can go as far as your hard work can take you.''
Clinton used her victory speech after the Nevada caucuses to draw contrasts with rival Bernie Sanders.
Though she never mentioned Sanders by name, Clinton cast her rival as offering a narrow economic message that wouldn't tackle the full range of problems facing the country.
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Rattling off promises to lower student debt, reform the immigration system, combat systemic racism and improve education, Clinton promised a country of new opportunities.
"There's so much more to be done,'' she said. "The truth is we aren't a single issue country. We need more than a plan for the big banks.''
The victory for the former secretary of state over the Vermont senator gives her two wins to one in the race for the Democratic nomination.
Before delivering her victory speech to a gathering of Nevada supporters in a Caesar's Palace ballroom, Clinton took to Twitter to say thanks.
"To everyone who turned out in every corner of Nevada with determination and heart: This is your win,'' she wrote.
Back at her Brooklyn headquarters, aides cheered as she was announced the winner. Her campaign manager, Robby Mook, ran her 2008 effort in the state, giving the contest special significance for some of the staff.
Meanwhile, Sanders said "the wind is at our backs'' despite his loss to Clinton in the Nevada caucuses.
Sanders told his supporters that Clinton ran a very aggressive and effective campaign in Nevada and congratulated her for her victory and praised her effort.
But Sanders suggested he beat expectations because he started far behind Clinton and gained significant ground.
Sanders said he's heading now to South Carolina and that he has an "excellent chance'' to win many of the states voting on Super Tuesday.
"I also know that on Super Tuesday and before, we're going to be taking on a very powerful and well-funded Super PAC, a Super PAC that receives a significant amount of money from Wall Street and wealthy special interests," he told the crowd.
Sanders said the election will result in one of the greatest political upsets in U.S. history.
Earlier, Sanders conceded the race in Nevada in a phone call with Clinton.
He said in a statement that he congratulated Clinton on her victory and said he's proud of his campaign and expects to leave Nevada with a "solid share of the delegates.''
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