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Hillary Clinton called out Wall Street, saying she wants to ensure big banks don't abuse their power at the expense of women and the young. | Getty Clinton takes on Trump: 'America never stopped being great'

Less than an hour after her commanding win in South Carolina, Hillary Clinton took the stage and declared the presidential race is going national. And that meant going directly after Donald Trump.

"Despite what you hear, we don't need to make America great again. America has never stopped being great. But we do need to make America whole again. Instead of building walls, we need to be tearing down barriers," Clinton said.

Dedicating her victory to everyone "the parents and teachers of rural South Carolina” to the pastors she met with on the trail, Clinton said Americans need to build each other up and work together.

"We’ve now gone through four early states, and I want to congratulate Sen. Sanders on running a great race, and tomorrow, this campaign goes national," she told supporters at a victory speech on the campus of the University of South Carolina.

She called out Wall Street, saying she wants to ensure big banks don't abuse their power at the expense of women and the young.

"But America isn't a single-issue country, my friends," Clinton said, returning to her oft-repeated dig at Sanders' singular focus on economic inequality.

Clinton hailed Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), who introduced Clinton before her speech, thanking him for being "your champion, your statesman in Congress."

"We tonight have started Hillary Clinton on her way to the White House," said Clyburn, who became the highest-profile African-American lawmaker to endorse Clinton earlier this month.

Clinton earned 87 percent to Sanders' 13 percent among African-American voters, according to exit poll data, which also showed that six-in-10 voters who went to polls on Saturday were African-American, compared to a little more than three-in-10 who were white.

The Associated Press and networks declared Clinton the winner moments after polls closed at 7 p.m. EST.

