As long as the popular vote isn't what Hillary's calling the popular vote, which is not a real popular vote at all, because:
a) it excludes all who voted in caucus states (where Obama won)
b) she includes Florida and Michigan, where campaigns didn't happen
c) it includes both open and closed states, so "open" states - for example, Minnesota - have tens of thousands more votes than the states where only Democrats voted - like Missouri. So, in the total popular vote, Minnesota counts four times as much as Missouri does. (and caucus states like mine - Iowa - have no votes at all!)

It's an utterly bogus number. The purpose of the primary season is for states to choose dele...

As long as the popular vote isn't what Hillary's calling the popular vote, which is not a real popular vote at all, because:
a) it excludes all who voted in caucus states (where Obama won)
b) she includes Florida and Michigan, where campaigns didn't happen
c) it includes both open and closed states, so "open" states - for example, Minnesota - have tens of thousands more votes than the states where only Democrats voted - like Missouri. So, in the total popular vote, Minnesota counts four times as much as Missouri does. (and caucus states like mine - Iowa - have no votes at all!)

It's an utterly bogus number. The purpose of the primary season is for states to choose delegates to the convention; each state party determines how. So a primary in one state is not the same as a primary in the next state, let alone the caucus in the next. Pledged delegate total is the only metric that offers apples-to-apples comparison nationwide.