Hillary Clinton says ready for Donald Trump’s ‘fantasy campaign’

Democratic frontrunner in the US presidential polls, Hillary Clinton, slammed the divisive rhetoric of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and said she is ready for the “fantasy campaign” of the billionaire businessman.

“I’m ready for his fantasy campaign and the outrageous things he’s going to say,” Ms Clinton told CNN on Thursday.

Her remarks came on a day when 69-year-old Mr Trump crossed the threshold of 1237 pledged delegates to become the Republican presidential candidate.

A formal announcement in this regard would be made at the party’s convention in July.

“I just really regret that the kinds of things he is saying about letting other countries get nuclear weapons and bringing back torture, and just the outrageous comments that are literally being heard around the world,” she said.

“That’s not who we are as Americans. That’s not the kind of strong, smart, steady leadership that we need and deserve,” Ms Clinton said in a phone interview to CNN, a practice developed by Mr Trump after he joined politics about a year ago.

Speaking about a state department inspector general’s report that she violated the laws by using private email hosted in her personal server when she was the secretary of state, 68-year-old Ms Clinton acknowledged her mistake.

“As I’ve said many times, it was still a mistake. If I could go back, I’d do it differently. And I understand people have concerns about this, but I hope voters look at the full picture of everything that I’ve done and the full threat posed by a Donald Trump presidency,” she said.