Watch: Hillary Clinton declares historic victory as presumptive Democratic nominee

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Hillary Clinton Gives A Roaring Victory Speech After Clinching The Democratic Nomination
Hillary Clinton Gives A Roaring Victory Speech After Clinching The Democratic Nomination

Hillary Clinton declared her campaign for the Democratic nomination a success and an achievement to inspire women around the world Tuesday night in a triumphant victory speech.

Clinton, who clinched the Democratic nomination on Monday according to an Associated Press tally of delegates, addressed supporters in Brooklyn amid the final major primary night of the 2016 election cycle.

"We are all standing under a glass ceiling right now. But don't worry. We're not smashing this one. Thanks to you, we've reached a milestone," Clinton said. "For the first time in our nation's history, a woman will be a major party's nominee."

See key moments from Clinton's big night:

In a campaign video aired during Tuesday's event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the former secretary of state championed the historic nature of her nomination.

"Think of the suffragists who gathered at Seneca Falls in 1848 and those who kept fighting until women could cast their votes," Clinton said.

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She also took sharp aim at her presumptive general election rival, Donald Trump, calling him "temperamentally unfit" to serve as president once again.

Clinton she also slammed his famous "Make America Great Again" slogan.

"That is code for, 'Let's take America backwards.'"

Watch highlights from the speech above.

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