Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton managed to win the Pennsylvania primary election, a crucial victory which gives her hope in the race to the White House although she remains the underdog in the battle with Senator Barack Obama for the party nomination.

Clinton may have clinched the delegate-rich state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, but she still trails Obama in the popular vote as well as in delegates needed to win the Democratic Party nomination. The winner will face the Republican candidate John McCain, in the November election.

During her speech held in front of Philadelphia supporters, the New York Senator said the tide is turning although Obama’s campaign spent three times more money to win the race. Obama took in $42 million in March to Clinton’s $21 million.

“He broke every spending record in this state trying to knock us out of the race. Well the people of Pennsylvania had other ideas today,” Clinton said.

Clinton used words like “fight,” “fighter” and “fighting” several times in her speech on Tuesday night trying to underline the fact that she will help and protect Americans and won’t give up on them when she becomes their president.

On the other hand, Senator Obama congratulated Clinton for the Pennsylvania win but emphasized the fact that she had a much larger lead several weeks ago.

“And now, six weeks later we closed the gap. We rallied people of every age and race and background to the cause," the 46-year-old Illinois Senator said.

Obama still has a strong lead over Clinton in their race to gather 2,025 delegates, the number needed to clinch the party nomination.

According to the latest returns from Pennsylvania, Clinton was leading 55 percent to 45 percent. Her most important voters were women, older voters and less affluent and less educated voters. The poll showed Clinton won nearly three-quarters of white union members with no college education.