Hillary Clinton, buoyed by a dominating win in South Carolina on Saturday, is opening a dual-track strategy in her bid for the White House, gradually pivoting toward Republicans even as she works to expand her lead across more than a dozen states voting this week.
Clinton's campaign, feeling more confident than it did after a narrow win in Iowa and a double-digit defeat in New Hampshire, has started to evaluate how it would run against the now smaller Republican field and what each candidate would mean for Clinton.
Looking ahead, Clinton's aides know they are not going to knock Sanders out on March 1, but they hope by the end of the night on Tuesday - where 865 delegates are at stake - their campaign will have at least a 100 earned delegate lead over the Vermont senator.