Hillary misses clean sweep but takes Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Connecticut in triumphant primary night - as defiant Bernie wins Rhode Island and refuses to throw in the towel

Hillary Clinton picked up four states - Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware and the delegate-rich prize of Pennsylvania - in an huge leap towards closing the book on the Democratic primary. 



Rival Bernie Sanders grabbed Rhode Island and regardless of the outcome of tonight's five contests he's vowed to press on. In tribute to Sanders, Clinton says: There's more that unites us than divides us'.