The highlighted words are the difference between journalism and propaganda.
IMO, I read it as he has OH, FL, NC, PA, etc sewn up and is looking to turn this into a rout. But that's just my opinion. If it was close, then he'd be camped out in the critical states.
The only other option is that Hillary takes OH, FL, PA, NC in a landslide so he's pulling out of them, and I don't think that's the case at all. At least, not in NC. NC won't even be close.