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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def is_running(self):
 """Checks if the container is running. :returns: True or False :rtype: bool """

        state = yield from self._get_container_state()
        if state == "running":
            return True
        if self.status == "started":  # The container crashed we need to clean
            yield from self.stop()
        return False