2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sadly, over the Hill [View all]senz
(11,945 posts)She wouldn't have been elected to the Senate if she hadn't been the previous First Lady for eight years. Her Senate career was undistinguished except for incredibly bad judgment on Iraq. She didn't run a good presidential campaign in 2008, losing to a virtual unknown. SOS was handed to her by President Obama and she has little to show for that except a lot of weapons manufacturers donations to the Clinton coffers. She messed up with Libya. John Kerry is a much better SOS. The only thing she is competent at is enriching herself.
Bernie was elected Mayor, Congressman, and Senator all by his own efforts; he didn't have a famous name and corporate money backing him. He did it himself. That is competence. He was good at everything he did and kept being reelected by wide margins. He hasn't messed up and failed like Hillary. His judgment is consistently good.
Bernie is far more competent than Hillary.