If $A$ and $B$ are subsets of $X$, prove $f(A)-f(B)$ is subset of $f(A-B)$

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Question: Let $$f:X\rightarrow Y.$$ If $$A\subset X, B\subset\ X,$$ prove that $$f(A)-f(B)\subset f(A) - f(B).$$

My Proof. (Please check if this is correct. THANK YOU!)
Let $$ b\in f(A)-f(B).$$ This means that
$$b\in f(A),$$ hence there is an $a$ such that $$a\in A,$$ and similarly since $$b\not\in f(B),$$ then (is this conclusion correct?)$$a \not\in B.$$ Therefore we can say that $$a\in A-B,$$ hence $$b\in f(A-B),$$ hence $$f(A)-f(B)\subset f(A-B).$$