ellen fitzpatrick, this takes me back to margaret chase smith in 1964, shirley chisholm in 1972, butther of them got this far. how big a breakthrough i guess is what hillary clinton accomplished last night? >> huge, as our current candidates would say, it's absolutely an extraordinary achievement. i think hillary clinton really has been underestimated as a politician. but when you set her campaign within the long arc of history, you can see what an extraordinary achievement it is. 150 years almost since the first woman attempted to run for president. victoria woodhall in the 1870s, and now hillary clinton has actually won the nomination of a major or come close to, will soon win the nomination of major political party. >> christa:>> ifill: rebecca tr, you know eight years ago when barack obama bested her, there was a general idea that took hold that she wasn't that good a candidate, and even though it was close, she just couldn't pull it off. what's the difference between 2008 and 2016? >> well, i think she was running against a less formidable opponent, and that's not to take anythi

rebecca traister and ellen fitzpatrick, thank you, as well. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> woodruff: fore on donald trump's campaign for the white house, i'm joined by susan page, washington bureau chief for "usa today;" and reid wilson, chief political correspondent for the morning consult. welcome back the both of you. so let's pick up the conversation, reid, about drum. all this focus for days after days now about what he said about this judge of mexican heritage. how much damage has been done? >> well, not only has he done more damage to his own campaign, he's doing damage now to the rest of the republican party. the republican party has spent years trying to rebuild relationships with the hispanic community in particular, george w. bush got 44% of the hispanic vote when he won reelection in 2004. mitt romney got 27% of the vote, the fastest-growing minority group in america. republicans need to make those inroads. donald trump is busy erasing all of the inroads that have been made. and it's starting to impact down-ballot republicans across the country. the "des moines register" take