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// Please enable Javascript to watch this video?Hillary Clinton still has a head start.Her delegate lead over Bernie Sanders grew this week, even as the Democratic primary contest continued with added drama after Clinton’s surprise loss in Michigan. A door seemed to crack open to encourage Clinton to imagine a general election battle, even as Sanders challenged her from coast to coast whil Read More