Think what you will of Hillary Clinton, but nobody should question her endurance. After two marathon runs for the Democratic nomination, Mrs Clinton has finally made it across the finishing line. She is the first woman in US history to become a presidential nominee.
Doubts will linger about how close she came to being humiliated by a socialist loner from Vermont. Even now Bernie Sanders is reluctant to rally behind her. Yet it is worth bearing in mind that she has prevailed in the least propitious of conditions. Establishment figures are struggling to cling on in all parts of the democratic world.
That said, Mrs Clinton’s harshest test is still very much before her. Unless, and until she can quell doubts about the quality of her campaign, the spectre of losing to Donald Trump will keep surfacing.