2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: HRC's "I am a better friend to Obama" argument tonight was in really bad faith. [View all]DirkGently
(12,151 posts)clearly would support her in that. What galls is the theme that Clinton would build on Obama's accomplishments, while Sanders would tear them down.
The reality is that they bookend Obama on both the left / right spectrums, and the breadth of the Democratic Party. Sanders is one of the most progressive Dems; Hillary is one of the more conservative ones.
But she's probably read the polling that shows only something like 13% of Dems want to see a President more conservative than Obama, while most either want a more progressive candidate, or to stay right about where Obama has been.
So the question is not which of them would govern differently, or represent a different place on the spectrum than Obama. They both would.
It's a matter of in which direction. Sanders is calling for more economic reform and less war. Hillary stands for the opposite.
It's perfectly fine for all of us to disagree on which is better, but Clinton's framing that somehow she stands for everything Obama got right, and Sanders would tear it all down is facially invalid.