--- title: Exclusive: Clinton Vows to Push On description: Hillary Clinton expresses confidence in her chances and in the Democrats' ability to unite once the race is decided canonical: https://time.com/archive/6684178/exclusive-clinton-vows-to-push-on/ author: Mark Halperin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2008-03-26T04:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-27T10:24:44.815Z article:section: Politics og:title: Exclusive: Clinton Vows to Push On og:description: Hillary Clinton expresses confidence in her chances and in the Democrats' ability to unite once the race is decided og:url: https://time.com/archive/6684178/exclusive-clinton-vows-to-push-on/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75d0a51feb7abf3b/698a4686929fad21dbbfad91/360_clinton_talk_0326.jpg?branch=production&width=360&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 360 og:image:height: 203 og:image:alt: 360_clinton_talk_0326.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Exclusive: Clinton Vows to Push On twitter:description: Hillary Clinton expresses confidence in her chances and in the Democrats' ability to unite once the race is decided twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75d0a51feb7abf3b/698a4686929fad21dbbfad91/360_clinton_talk_0326.jpg?branch=production&width=360&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) # Exclusive: Clinton Vows to Push On > Sponsored content. 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Diana Walker for TIME by [Mark Halperin](https://time.com/author/mark-halperin/) Mar 26, 2008 4:00 AM UTC Stepping off the campaign trail in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton spoke by telephone to TIME’s Mark Halperin about her fight for the Democratic nomination. How would you describe your most likely path to victory now? This is a very close race. Neither of us will reach the magic number of delegates. I’ve won states that Democrats need in order to win the White House. Obviously, the strategy on the other side is to try to shut this race down, but I don’t think voters want that. Is your assumption, however these remaining contests turn out, that the race will go on at least for the next three months? That certainly is what I anticipate. Some of your supporters have said Senator Barack Obama’s relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright should give superdelegates pause. Do you think Obama has answered everything he should? That’s really up to the press and the public to determine. But it’s very personal, and I think people are thinking about it and are trying to determine what they believe. Some people look at the delegate counts and say the only way you can win the nomination is at the convention. Are you comfortable if that’s the way you win? \[Again\] neither of us will reach the number of delegates needed. And all delegates have to assess who they think will be the strongest nominee against \[John\] McCain and who they believe would do the best job in bringing along the down-ballot races and who they think would be the best President. From my perspective, those are all very legitimate questions, and every delegate, with very few exceptions, is free to make up his or her mind. 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