Hillary Clinton became the first woman in U.S. history to win a major political party's presidential nomination — a mark she passed first on the votes collected Tuesday in a state-by-state roll call, and then by acclamation at the suggestion of her chief Democratic rival, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who made it "in the spirit of unity." Ending his story with his wife's work as secretary of state, Clinton archly asked the audience how anyone could square his account with the far darker portrait offered at last week's Republican convention, where chants of "Lock her up!" were popular. Rep.