WATCH | Hillary Clinton wins game of dominoes at East Harlem senior center

What's one way to let loose the morning after a contemptuous debate with your political rival? For Hillary Clinton, it's dominoes.

On Thursday night, the former secretary of state faced off with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, their exchanges during the CNN-hosted event arguably the most heated of the debate season.

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But on Friday morning, while her opponent addressed wealth inequality at a Vatican conference across the Atlantic, the former New York senator and first lady played a game of dominoes at Corsi Senior Center in East Harlem, just four days ahead of the Empire State's pivotal April 19 primary.

Clinton engaged in a lively game with three men, shimmying her shoulders and drumming her dominoes on the small table as the game intensified.

"You play good! Oh my God," one player told her.

"I'm taking dominoes to the White House," she replied.

Seconds later, she shot her hands up in the air, the decided victor.

"So, now I can play both Chinese and Puerto Rican dominoes," she exclaimed as she shook her competitors' hands. "Help me win next Tuesday, OK? I'll come back and play with you guys anytime. Thank you."

It appears there were no hard feelings; one of the defeated players promised her his vote.

Though on social media Clinton's supporters appeared to be just as excited about her win as she was, some expressed dismay that she didn't slam down the final domino and yell "Domino, motherf***ers," as did Ice Cube in "Boyz n the Hood."

Some even started calling her Hillary "Doughboy" Clinton after Ice Cube's character in the 1991 film.

Clinton later remarked to the cheering crowd of senior citizens, "I've had a chance to meet some of you who live here. Thank you for making me feel so welcome. And I now know where to come when I want a good game of dominoes."

Smiling, she continued, "I wanted to come here to really make a very strong plea that we do more when I am president to help the people who live in developments like this. Today too many New Yorkers are struggling to pay rising rents, they're being priced out of communities where they've lived for years, pushed further away from jobs and quality schools and good transportation, and Latino and black families are being hit the hardest."

Clinton widely leads Sanders in both the popular vote and delegate count. She has 1,790 delegates (1,304 pledged; 486 super) to his 1,113 (1,075 pledged; 38 super). Clinton has so far earned 9,365,482 votes to Sanders' 6,974,082.

Tuesday's primary is crucial for both Democratic candidates and New Yorkers, as Clinton needs to win the state she served in the Senate for eight years to further solidify her front-runner status, while Brooklyn-born Sanders needs to win in order to remain competitive in the daunting race toward the 2,383 delegates needed to win the party's nomination.

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Leake reported from Washington. Follow her on Twitter (@NewsyLindsey) and Like her Facebook page.