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Hillary Clinton greets supporters with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. during an event there Wednesday. | Getty Clinton press secretary: Superdelegates can help Clinton clinch nomination by early June

Hillary Clinton will lock up the Democratic nomination "possibly by the end of May, if not after California" with the requisite number of 2,383 delegates, when superdelegates factored into the count, her campaign press secretary said Thursday.

During an interview on CNN's "New Day," Brian Fallon said there is a "zero percent chance" that Clinton would not go to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia as the nominee,.

CNN's Chris Cuomo then asked how Fallon could be sure.

Fallon responded that with a "good outcome" in the New York primary on Tuesday and in the five states voting on April 26, "we think we could be approaching 90 percent of being the way there in terms of 2,383, the number of delegates that you need."

"And then at that point there’s a few contests in May, and when you add up the pledged delegates that she's amassed right now, she’s got a lead of about over 200 pledged delegates over Sen. [Bernie] Sanders," Fallon continued, adding that the campaign expects to win more delegates in next month's contests even if Sanders carries the popular vote.

"Even if he wins some of them, and when you combine that with some of the party leaders and elected officials that serve as superdelegates where she also has a significant advantage, we think we'll reach that number probably, possibly by the end of May if not after California," Fallon said, referring to the June 7 primary, with its massive haul of 475 pledged delegates at stake.

In subsequent comments to POLITICO, Fallon said that he was not suggesting that Clinton would necessarily need the superdelegates to push her over the top.

The Republican National Committee blasted out the comments, characterizing it as a concession on Fallon's part that the campaign is relying on superdelegates to clinch the nomination. The Clinton campaign has said in the past that it would win the nomination without superdelegates making a difference, and Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said earlier Thursday on CNN that superdelegates would not play a deciding role.

Sanders' wife, Jane Sanders, remarked Thursday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that she did not think either Clinton or Sanders would have enough delegates before the Philadelphia convention — even factoring in superdelegates.