Hacked emails show Clinton campaign's fears about Sanders

WASHINGTON (AP) — Allies of Hillary Clinton felt threatened by the power of Sen. Bernie Sanders' candidacy and wondered about getting some signal of support from President Barack Obama in the heat of the Democratic primaries, according to the latest emails in a hacked trove from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

The notes were stolen from the email account of Podesta as part of a series of high-profile computer hacks of Democratic targets that U.S. intelligence officials say were orchestrated by Russia, with the intent to influence the Nov. 8 election.

In a separate June 2015 email, the Clinton campaign worried that some state affiliates of the nation's largest labor union, the National Education Association, were set to endorse Sanders even though the national union had not yet made an endorsement.

On June 22, 2015, Clinton's labor outreach director Nikki Budzinski emailed other campaign officials to let them know NEA is concerned their VT affiliate could do a Tuesday (next week) recommendation of endorsement (with potential press release).