Hillary Clinton declared Democratic presidential nominee for US 2016 elections

Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic nomination for US president after reaching the required number of delegates, an AP tally suggests.The count puts Mrs Clinton on 2,383 - the number needed to make her the presumptive nominee.She will become the first female nominee for a major US political party.Mrs Clinton reached the threshold with a big win in Puerto Rico and a burst of last-minute support from superdelegates, late last night.

After three decades at the center of American politics as a pioneering -- and deeply controversial -- feminist icon, the victory brings Clinton within reach of finally cracking the "highest, hardest glass ceiling" she lamented eight years ago when she conceded the Democratic race to Barack Obama. The former first lady, senator from New York and secretary of state will officially become the Democratic nominee at next month's convention and will face presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in a general election battle that is already shaping up as one of the nastiest campaigns in modern U.S. history.