LA Times: Hillary Clinton had a gainful night even with her loss in Michigan

Here's the most important number for Hillary Clinton out of Tuesday night's primaries: 86.

That's how many delegates she won from the day's two contests, in Michigan and Mississippi. Her rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, took 69, according to the count by the Associated Press.

So on a night when Sanders won the biggest headline -- an upset victory in Michigan -- Clinton padded her already big lead in the race to win a majority of the delegates needed to gain the presidential nomination at this summer's Democratic convention.

Tuesday night's results illustrate why Clinton has built that lead in pledged delegates and continues to expand it: Not only has she won more states than Sanders, many of her victories have been landslides that have given her lopsided margins among the delegates. His victories have either been squeakers, such as Michigan, or have come in smaller states such as Vermont and New Hampshire.

Last night in Mississippi, for example, Clinton won more than eight-out-of-10 delegates, netting 25 delegates more than Sanders. By comparison, Sanders' narrow victory in Michigan won him eight delegates more than Clinton got.

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