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Clinton says she's ready for Trump

Hillary Clinton said she's ready to take on Donald Trump in the general election, saying she would build a “broad, diverse coalition” to overcome Trump's “bigotry," "bullying" and "bluster.”

Perhaps in a nod to Trump’s love of citing polls, Clinton noted that Trump has received 3.6 million votes — “a good number” — and noted that she is the only candidate in either party to have a higher tally than Trump.

“I will look forward to engaging him,” Clinton said, “because I don’t think we need to make America great again, America didn’t stop being great. We have to make it whole again, we have to knock down the barriers, we have to end the divisiveness.”

Clinton has used the “make America whole again” line more often in recent weeks as Trump has cemented his front-runner status on the GOP side. Trump has derided the slogan, and frequently tells supporters that he has not even begun to launch serious attacks on Clinton yet.