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Hillary Clinton's press secretary said Bernie Sanders' attacks against her paid speeches fell flat in New York. Clinton camp: Sanders' paid-speeches line didn't work

Bernie Sanders' frequent calls for Hillary Clinton to release the transcripts of her paid speeches to Wall Street firms did not work in New York, Hillary Clinton's press secretary crowed Wednesday, hours after the Democratic front-runner scored a decisive double-digit victory in her adopted home state.

"In the course of the New York primary campaign these suggestions and insinuations didn't set well with these voters. I think they rejected those attacks and insinuations last night," Brian Fallon said on CNN's "New Day."

Clinton has long maintained that she would release the transcripts of her paid speeches if other candidates in both parties did the same. On Wednesday, Fallon reiterated that Clinton might do so, hinting at a general-election focus on Republican front-runner Donald Trump.

"And I think that, in a general election if Donald Trump is going to be the nominee of the Republican Party, he has given paid speeches, commanding speaking fees in excess of $400,000," Fallon remarked. "If this is going to be the new normal, where candidates on both sides of the aisle are asked to release transcripts and everyone participates in it, Hillary Clinton will be happy to join in on that."

Fallon also took the opportunity to dig into Sanders for not releasing previous years' tax returns, apart from 2014, which the Vermont senator has explained as due to a lack of time on the part of his wife, Jane, who does the family's taxes. And he all but signaled that the race for the Democratic nomination is wrapped in favor of his candidate.

"Looking forward we know who the Democratic nominee is going to be, I think. It's going to be Hillary Clinton. The primary, obviously is not over," Fallon said. "There are contests still to play out. Senator Sanders may even win some states, but even if he won every state left by 15 points he still wouldn't catch Hillary Clinton in the popular vote or the pledged delegate total."