Hillary Clinton breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday night as her adopted home state gave her an easy victory over rival Bernie Sanders in the New York primary.

'Thank you, New York!' she told a ballroom of supporters after every major network called the race for her an hour after polls closed. 'Today you proved once again, there's no place like home.'

Clinton noted that she's won in all four corners of the country - 'but this one's personal.'

A former senator from New York, Clinton was expected to win the state this evening. The margin of victory was significantly larger than anticipated though and Clinton was up 16 points on her Democratic rival when the evening concluded.

Returns showed Clinton with 58 percent to Sanders' 42 percent when 100 percent of the vote was counted.

Sanders didn't wait for the results of the New York primary to come in to speak to his supporters.

He proclaimed at an early evening rally in Pennsylvania, 'We're going to do just fine tonight in New York.'

That was a little after 7 p.m.

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Triumph: Hillary Clinton breathed a sigh of relief tonight as her adopted home state gave her an easy victory over rival Bernie Sanders. She won 58 per cent of voters to Bernie Sanders' 42 per cent

Family affair: She was joined on stage by husband Bill, daughter Chelsea and son-in-law Marc Mezvinsky. Although Clinton was expected to win the state, some analysts predicted a tighter race than it turned out

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'Thank you, New York!' she told a ballroom of supporters after every major network called the race for her an hour after polls closed. 'Today you proved once again, there's no place like home'

Clinton noted that she's won in all four corners of the country - 'but this one's personal.' She's seen here at her victory rally in Manhattan with daughter Chelsea, son-in-law Marc Mezvinsky, and husband Bill

Clinton's victory was as much hers as it was her family's - Bill and and a very pregnant Chelsea were on the road almost as much as the candidate

Clinton hugs New York City mayor Bill de Blasio during the gathering tonight at the Sheraton hotel in Times Square. De Blasio spoke before Clinton and said, 'New york, New York you did something wonderful tonight for America'

Sanders didn't wait for the results of the New York primary to come in to speak to his supporters. He proclaimed at an early evening rally in Pennsylvania, 'We're going to do just fine tonight in New York'

Clinton reflected on their respective campaigns tonight, and concluded, 'The race for the Democratic nomination is in the home stretch. Victory is in sight!'

'You have carried us every step of the way with passion and determination that some critics tried to dismiss,' she said. 'Because of you, this campaign is the only one, Democrat or Republican to win more than 10 million votes.'

Still, Sanders vowed to a college-age audience tonight at Penn State to press on with his campaign.

'Next Tuesday, let us have the highest voter turnout in Pennsylvania history,' Sanders said, turning his attention to the next set of states with primaries. 'Let Pennsylvania go forward and tell the world you are going to lead this country into a political revolution.'

The Vermont senator had hightailed it out of New York earlier in the day as he braced for a loss in his birth state.

Pennsylvania along with Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island and Connecticut, votes next Tuesday, on April, 26.

The delegate math becomes problematic for Sanders moving forward, though.

As the Clinton campaign has charged, her lead in pledged delegates is practically 'insurmountable' following tonight's blowout victory, and she's way ahead in super delegates.

Sanders was behind by some 250 pledged delegates when the evening began. That number will inflate to nearly 300 when all is said and done. New York has a large load of 247 pledged delegates to allocate.

And yet, Sanders said tonight that Clinton is the one 'getting a little bit nervous.'

'She's getting nervous because when we began this campaign we were 60 points behind and in the last couple of weeks a few national polls have actually had us in the lead,' he said. 'She is getting nervous because Democratic voters know that in virtually every match-up general election poll we beat Donald Trump by wider numbers than she does.'

A former senator from New York, Clinton was expected to win the state this evening. The margin of victory was significantly larger than anticipated though and Clinton was up 16 points on her Democratic rival as she concluded her remarks

Clinton reflected on she and Sanders' respective campaigns tonight, and told her supporters, 'You have carried us every step of the way with passion and determination that some critics tried to dismiss'

ROCKSTAR WELCOME: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo also spoke on Clinton's behalf. 'In New York it's about delivering, it's about results. That's why we love Hillary,' he told a cheering crowd

The U.S. senator said, 'The American people are catching on that if we are going to prevent Trump or some other Republican from occupying the White House, which would be a disaster for our country, we have got to campaign to make sure that that does not happen.'

'This is the campaign that has the energy, that has the enthusiasm and that in November will create the kind of voter turnout that will not only allow us to retain the White House, but will regain the U.S. Senate and will do better in the House,' he said.

Trump has become a political boogeyman for both Democratic presidential candidates.

Back in New York at Clinton's Manhattan, funk-themed victory rally, her party-goers booed him loudly as his face popped on screen during celebratory remarks at his namesake tower.

The booing didn't last long - soon the crowd was cheering as all three networks called the Democratic race for their candidate.

The results final, Kool and the Gang's 'Celebrate' blared over the loudspeakers, inviting Clinton's overjoyed backers to shout 'woo hoo' in time with the music.

Clinton owns a home in Chappaqua and served as the state's junior senator for eight years before she was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as secretary of state following her defeat in the 2008 presidential race.

Sanders was born and raised in Brooklyn. He's lived in Vermont for most of his adult life, though, and has represented the state in Congress for the last 25 years.

He was the native New Yorker in the race, but Clinton's years as a U.S. senator had not been forgotten.

The former first lady came into office a few months before 9/11. After the horrific terrorist attack she dedicated herself to passing a health bill that subsidized costs for first responders.

Both current New York senators, Chuck Schumer, and Kirsten Gillibrand, Clinton's replacement in the legislative body, endorsed their sister in arms. So did New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and wife Chirlane McCray.

All of the Democratic politicians made appearances on Clinton's behalf in New York in the days leading up to the election.

Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, and husband Bill, a former U.S. president himself, dispersed across the state, boosting the amount of ground the family was able to cover any one day.

Sanders spoke at Penn State University two hours before results from New York's primary were announced

At Penn State, where he's seen strolling around campus with wife Jane, Bernie Sanders vowed to press on with his campaign

Sanders, spotted on Penn State's campus earlier today, again blasted rival Hillary Clinton tonight for her paid speeches to Wall Street

De Blasio joined Clinton one last time tonight, and told a roomful of fans, 'New York, New York, you did something wonderful tonight for America.'

'It's been a long time since New York has been the center of political attention for this nation. It's been decades. You had one chance. You know what? You got it right.'

Cuomo also spoke on Clinton's behalf. 'In New York it's about delivering, it's about results. That's why we love Hillary,' he told the cheering crowd.

'She delivered results for New Yorkers year after year,' he said. 'And Hillary delivered for us, and tonight we delivered for Hillary Clinton!'

Taking a swipe at Sanders, Cuomo said, 'Hillary Clinton is also the best candidate for us to win in November, and this is about winning in November.'

Sanders did not share their sentiments in his own remarks hours earlier.

He cast doubt on the results of the New York primary before they had even been calculated.

In front of the Penn State audience Sanders brought up some of the issues voters had today.

Many were turned away for not registering as Democrat or Republican by an early October deadline that defines New York, like Pennsylvania, as a closed primary.

The anticipated loser suggested tonight that something shady was afoot.

'In New York state today, if you can believe this, about 27 percent of the eligible voters in that state are unable to participate in the Democratic or Republican primaries because they have chosen to list themselves as independents,' Sanders said. 'That's wrong.'

'Almost three million people cannot vote today and that has got to change in future elections,' he argued.

In Brooklyn, the New York City borough where Sanders grew up, registered voters did not appear on the rolls.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said would be auditing the New York City's Board of Elections over the mess.

Penn State students lined up to see Sanders speak tonight on campus, as the Vermont senator hopped ahead to Pennsylvania, which has its primary next Tuesday, instead of hanging around New York

Sanders also said it was 'crazy' that polls in upstate New York didn't open until noon.

The upstate counties that border Vermont were areas Sanders was expecting to attract a lot of support.

'What happens to people who get up early in the morning and have to go to work?' Sanders mused.

'And yet, despite all of that, despite the fact that Secretary Clinton has won elections there twice for the U.S. Senate, despite the fact that she beat then-senator Obama in 2008 in the primary there by 17 points, despite the fact that virtually the entire New York political Democratic establishment is standing with her, you know what?' Sanders asked, rhetorically. 'We're going to do just fine tonight in New York.'

Like he did in Thursday's Brooklyn debate, Sanders sarcastically attacked Clinton for raising money from Super PACs and refusing to release transcripts of her paid speeches.

Giving his standard stump speech, Sanders said to warrant $225,000 checks.

'Must be an earth-shattering speech. Must be a speech that sheds brand new light on the global crises that we face, must be a speech written in Shakespearean prose,' Sanders said.

'I can't imagine anyone getting two and a quarter for a speech if it's not that great. So I think if that speech is as great as it must be, it would be a good idea for the secretary to release the transcript of that speech,' Sanders added.

On the former, Sanders talked up his average $27 donation and said, Secretary Clinton has chosen another approach.'

The crowd booed.

Both Clintons showed up to vote today at the Douglas Graffin Elementary School, with Hillary Clinton hoping her adopted home state would help finish rival Bernie Sanders off

Yesterday, Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook fired a warning shot at Sanders and suggested he Vermont senator was employing a more caustic tone because the possibility of an upset in New York was slipping away.

'This was supposed to be the turning point for them,' Mook said of today's pivotal New York primary. 'They got their debate in Brooklyn and it looks like it hasn't been working out the way they planned. That seems to be why they've taken this more negative tone in the race.'

Mook told reporters on a call that Sanders 'needed to have an overwhelming victory' in New York to 'have a chance at even trying to catch up with Secretary Clinton.'

'That seems more and more remote as we get closer and closer to when the polls are closing, and I think that tomorrow we will see Secretary Clinton take an important step to the nomination,' he stated.