Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Sunday said that even though the Democratic presidential race is seeing more attacks each week, she expects the party will unify behind the eventual nominee.
“I went all the way till June in 2008, and I had a lot of supporters who were incredibly disappointed when I dropped out, but I immediately endorsed then-Sen. Obama,” she said on ABC’s “This Week” in response to a question about whether it will be harder to heal the party as the attacks get nastier.
{mosads}Clinton said she worked hard to convince her supporters to back President Obama after she dropped out in 2008 and nominated him at the convention.
“I moved for his nomination by acclimation in order to have a unified Democratic Party,” she said.
“Let’s keep in mind what’s most important here. That is defeating whoever the Republicans put up.”
She said she expects the Republicans to “play all kinds of games.”
“They’re going to try to sow discord among Democrats between our campaigns. I, for one, am not going to be fooled by that,” she said.
“I’m going to keep working hard in my campaign, and I’m going to hope to secure the nomination and then to work to win the support of the voters who supported Sen. [Bernie] Sanders.”