Sanders hails 'momentum' after trouncing Clinton in three states

A buoyant Bernie Sanders said Sunday he has the momentum as he attempts to claw back Hillary Clinton's handsome lead in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, after scoring a trio of big wins. The Vermont senator, a self-described democratic socialist, breathed fresh life into his campaign for the White House with a clean sweep in caucuses on Saturday in the western US states of Alaska, Hawaii and Washington. In Washington -- the biggest prize at the weekend with 101 delegates up f