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1st LD Writethru: Hillary Clinton projected to win Democratic primary contest

Xinhua, June 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was projected on Tuesday to win the final presidential primary in Washington, D.C. ahead of her private meeting with rival Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

Early results with 41 percent of votes counted showed Clinton notched up an easy win, leading Sanders by 57 percentage points.

Clinton had already hit the 2,383-delegate threshold to clinch the nomination before the contest on Tuesday.

The result came moments ahead of a private meeting between Clinton and Sanders.

Despite his mathematical elimination from the race, it still remained unknown when and how Sanders would exit the race.

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Sanders gave little indication of what his future plan would be, ignoring reporters's repeated questions as to whether he would drop out after meeting Clinton.

Instead, Sanders said he was going to "fight as hard as" he could to change the Democratic Party.

Sanders was scheduled to address his supporters in a video on Thursday. Endi