希拉里呼籲桑德斯幫助團結民主黨

Hillary Clinton called on Bernie Sanders on Sunday to help “unify the Democratic Party” after Tuesday’s primaries in California and New Jersey when she is expected in effect to clinch the nomination. With Mr Sanders insisting he will carry on his campaign until the party’s July convention, Mrs Clinton said Tuesday’s results would show she had “decisively won” the popular vote and the contest for pledged delegates.

希拉里•克林頓(Hillary Clinton)週日呼籲伯尼•桑德斯(Bernie Sanders)在週二加州和新澤西州初選後幫助“團結民主黨”，屆時預計她將鎖定民主黨候選人提名。桑德斯堅稱他將在7月民主黨全國代表大會之前繼續參選，希拉里表示，週二的結果將表明她已“決定性贏得”選民投票以及承諾代表投票。

“I’m going to do everything I can to reach out to try to unify the Democratic Party, and I expect Senator Sanders to do the same,” she told CNN on Sunday.

她週日告訴美國有線電視新聞網(CNN)：“我將盡我所能全力以赴去團結民主黨，我認爲桑德斯參議員也會這麼做。”

The two candidates were sparring ahead of what is likely to be the decisive week in a Democratic nominating contest that has been much longer and more contentious than most party leaders had predicted.

在民主黨提名戰進入可能是決定性的一週之前，這兩位民主黨參選人正展開脣槍舌戰。這場提名戰持續的時間和火藥味都遠遠超過多數黨內領導人之前的預期。

The former secretary of state is about 60 delegates short of the 2,383 she needs to secure the party’s nomination. Given her strong lead in opinion polls in New Jersey and the time difference between the east and west coasts, analysts believe she will have wrapped up the necessary support before voting closes in California.

希拉里獲得的選舉人票比贏得黨內提名所需的2383票還少大約60票。鑑於她在新澤西州民調中的有力領先地位以及美國東海岸和西海岸之間的時差，分析人士認爲，她將在加州初選結束前贏得必要的支持。

However, the results in the more closely fought contest in California will set the tone for whether the whole party — especially the legions of younger voters that the Vermont senator has drawn into the primaries — falls in line behind Mrs Clinton.

然而，競爭較爲激烈的加州初選結果將爲整個民主黨——特別是那些受桑德斯吸引參加初選的較年輕選民——是否支持希拉里定下基調。

A Sanders victory in the country’s most populous state, where he has been gaining ground in some polls, could greatly complicate Mrs Clinton campaign’s plans to focus on Donald Trump, the Republican nominee.

如果桑德斯在這個美國人口最多的州的初選中獲勝（他在一些民調中支持率越來越高），可能會讓希拉里陣營把精力放在共和黨總統候選人唐納德•特朗普(Donald Trump)身上的計劃變得極其複雜。