president obama reportedly tell top democratic donors see win path forward senator bernie sanders time party close rank unify behind secretary hillary clinton presidential campaign.that news come new new york time report campaign trail.in unusually candid remark president obama privately tell group democratic donors last friday senator bernie sanders near point campaign hillary clinton come end party must soon come together back mr. obama make remark reporters leave fund-raise event austin tex democratic national committee comment describe three people room event grant anonymity describe candid moment president comment late confirm white house official.mr obama choose word carefully explicitly call mr. sanders depart race accord room still attendance say interview take comment signal mr. sanders perpetuate campaign uphill climb could help republicans recapture white house.interestingly obama comment make clinton sweep five state hold primaries past tuesday give lead 323 delegate senator sanders.according analysis remain delegate leave race allocate proportionately instead winner take sanders would win 60 remain delegate primaries come unlikely.clinton team apparently begin pivot towards likely general election matchup donald trump speech tuesday night call republican frontrunner bigoted attack women latinos muslims also remark next president bring country together break barriers build wall current realclearpolitics average national poll show clinton beat trump 6.3 recent national poll nbc/wall street journal show beat 13 .featured image via flickr report obama say bernie time unite behind hillary