Hillary Clinton becomes first woman to secure US presidential nomination

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Claiming her place in history&comma; Hillary Clinton declared victory in her bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination&comma; becoming the first woman to lead a major American political party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She immediately took aim at presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump&comma; telling supporters in Brooklyn&comma; New York&comma; that he was &&num;8220&semi;temperamentally unfit&&num;8221&semi; to be president&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Tonight&&num;8217&semi;s victory is not about one person&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mrs Clinton said&period; &&num;8220&semi;It belongs to generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed and made this moment possible&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She won the Democratic primaries in New Jersey and New Mexico&comma; with rival Bernie Sanders triumphing in the presidential caucuses in North Dakota&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump notched up victories in primaries in New Jersey&comma; New Mexico&comma; South Dakota and Montana&comma; on an otherwise difficult day as Republican leaders recoiled at his comments about a Hispanic judge&comma; with one senator even pulling his endorsement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mrs Clinton later won in South Dakota&comma; while Mr Trump claimed victory in California&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President Barack Obama called Mrs Clinton with congratulations on securing the delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mrs Clinton spoke at an emotional rally in Brooklyn&comma; New York City&comma; eight years to the day after she ended her first failed White House run&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As she took the stage to raucous cheers&comma; she paused to relish the moment&comma; flinging her arms wide and beaming broadly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This campaign is about making sure there are no ceilings&comma; no limits on any of us&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mrs Clinton was biting and sarcastic as she took on Mr Trump&comma; accusing him of wanting to win &&num;8220&semi;by stoking fear and rubbing salt in wounds &&num;8211&semi; and reminding us daily just how great he is&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump is the only remaining candidate in the race for the Republican nomination&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a speech at his Westchester&comma; New York&comma; golf course&comma; Mr Trump said he understands he bears &&num;8220&semi;the responsibility of carrying the mantle and I will never ever let you down&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However leading Republicans united in an extraordinary denunciation of his attacks on a federal judge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>House Speaker Paul Ryan called them the &&num;8220&semi;textbook definition of a racist comment&&num;8221&semi; 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