US election 2016: Can Democrats and Republicans unite around their chosen candidates?

Here's what happened on the campaign trail the week of May 16.
A rubber band wraps the front page of the La Opinion newspaper featuring pictures of Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump as the newspaper lies on the sidewalk ahead of the California Primary election in Santa Ana, California May 15, 2016. Picture taken May 15, 2016. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon - RTSEKH5
A rubber band wraps the front page of the La Opinion Spanish-language newspaper featuring photos of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as the paper lies on a Santa Ana sidewalk on May 15, 2016, ahead of the June 7 California primary election. - REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon
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This week Republican and Democratic leaders really started to urge recalcitrant voters to get behind their parties' presumptive nominees.

It hasn't all gone smoothly.

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