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Clinton spoke with reporters in San Juan after her Puerto Rico victory before taking off on a 6 hour flight to South Dakota — telling them “my political obituary has yet to be written.”

“I think I have a stronger case than a lot of people who press their case much further,” she said. “Its not over ’til its over.”

Clinton said she expected to add 133,000 votes onto her popular vote lead coming out of Puerto Rico, and hoped it would signal her relative strength in November. “Senator Obama a few months ago said that this will come down to whoever has the popular vote and the delegates, because they’ve never been separated before. And I think it’s only now that we are finishing these contests that people are going to actually reflect who’s our stronger candidate,” she said. “I believe I am, and I’m going to make that case. And at some point, it will either be accepted or it wont. But I feel very strongly about making it.”

Her audience is the ever-shrinking group of uncommitted superdelegates, of which she’ll need nearly 90% to win the nomination. But Clinton pointed out that even committed superdelegates can change their minds. “With us in the front of the cabin is a superdelegate that went from me to Senator Obama and now is back with me in the course of a matter of weeks,” she said — referring to Virgin Islands superdelegate Kevin Rodriquez. “This has been such an intense process I don’t think that has been a lot of time for reflection of the sort that I’m advocating.

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It’s going to come down to the superdelegates. After winning Puerto Rico by what her campaign co-chair said would be the widest margin of any state to vote so far, Hillary Clinton delivered what’s likely to be her final victory speech in San Juan — telling a crowd of supporters she’ll have the popular vote lead after Tuesday’s final primaries, and that party leaders will have to make a decision.

“You’ve come out strong, you’ve defied the skeptics,” she said to 500 Puerto Ricans at the Condado hotel victory celebration. ” We are winning the popular vote. Now there can be no doubt. The people have spoken and you have chosen your candidate.”

“So when the voting concludes on Tuesday, neither Senator Obama nor I will have the number of delegates to be the nominee. I will lead the popular vote. He will maintain a slight lead in the delegate count,” Clinton said. “The decision will fall on the shoulders of those leaders in our party empowered by the rules to vote at the Democratic convention. I do not envy the decision you must make. But a decision has to be made.”

Clinton often says that decision comes down to two questions: who’s best to beat John McCain, and who will be the best president. Today, she added a third: “which candidate best represents the will of the people who voted in this historic primary?”

“I am in this race because I believe I am that candidate, and I will be that president,” she said to applause.

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