Isometric isomorphisms between normed spaces and compact hausdorff spaces

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Let $X$ be a normed space. Show that there is a compact Hausdorff space $Y$ such that $X$ is isometrically isomorphic to a subspace of $C(Y)$.

I think this might be proved using the Banach–Alaoglu theorem, but I haven't been able to do it.

Is there another result I might need to use?