Both were unpopular. Their campaign,s were not good. Trump,s was better. Any other Democrat would of crushed him. Any other Repubican would of won bigger against Clinton. You have to try hard to lose to either one of them. Should not been a close election.
Aside from some hysterical hacks, this view is pretty much accepted. Hillary Clinton is still a divisive figure even a year into the Trump presidency.
Wrong. Hillary would have beaten a traditional boring candidate like Jeb, and probably Kasich too, judging by how incompetent his primary campaign was.
She would've beaten Jeb because he was uniquely bad as a candidate (and as a person) - the most obvious stooge to run for President in memory. But if Kasich had been the nominee:
Wrong. Hillary would have beaten a more ideological candidate like Cruz, and probably Trump too, judging by how insane his primary campaign was.