• Clinton calls Flint water crisis ‘immoral,’

FLINT, Mich. — Taking a detour from New Hampshire’s campaign trail, Hillary Clinton said Sunday that a water crisis in a Michigan city was “immoral” and demanded that Congress approve $200 million in emergency aid to address the community’s battle with lead-contaminated water.

The Democratic presidential hopeful made a quick visit to Flint in what was seen as an unusual stop for a candidate trailing in polls against rival Bernie Sanders in the first primary state. Ms. Clinton hopes to use a narrower-than-expected loss in Tuesday’s primary as a springboard into contests later this month in Nevada and South Carolina.

Ms. Clinton told the crowd of about 1,000 that she was making a “personal commitment” to help Flint in a message delivered not only to the congregants at a local Baptist church but also to a more heavily minority electorate in Southern contests that could help her build a foundation for a delegate-by-delegate drive toward the nomination.

“This is not merely unacceptable or wrong, though it is both. What happened in Flint is immoral,” Ms. Clinton said at the House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church.

Ms. Clinton narrowly beat Mr. Sanders in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses last Monday but has trailed the Vermont senator in New Hampshire by large margins. Her aides worry that a big Sanders victory in the state could help him make headway among female and minority voters.