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Democratic presidential candidate Sen.Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign rally on May 10 in Stockton, California. | Getty Clinton aide: Sanders shouldn't 'delegitimize' process

Bernie Sanders is still waging an all-out battle for the Democratic nomination in California, but that should not be taken to mean he will not be supportive of Hillary Clinton, her campaign's press secretary Brian Fallon said Monday.

"This is obviously a very tight contest in California so to some extent Sen. Sanders is still in battle mode. He's still trying to win contests," Fallon told MSNBC's Tamron Hall, with respect to Sanders' vow to keep fighting through next month's convention in Philadelphia. "I don't think we can overinterpret comments he's making right now versus what he might say in a week or so."

Fallon said the campaign does take him at his word in another respect, in that he has said that he would work overtime to ensure that Donald Trump is not the next president "even if some of the rhetoric right now doesn't suggest that."

Clinton, Fallon said, "set the standard" in 2008 in terms of dropping out endorsing a candidate, as she did with Barack Obama.

"I think at a minimum from Sen. Sanders, I think it would be helpful to not seek to delegitimize the process that has led to Hillary Clinton clinching this nomination as will happen tomorrow night," Fallon said." This is really a moment for the country to reflect on tomorrow."