C’mon, really? Just because Trump is a complete pile of feces doesn’t mean we have to glorify Hillary Clinton. We might as well give everyone on the planet the Presidential Medal of Freedom if the only standard is being better than Trump.
No, it’s because she is great on her own account and among other things was the first woman ever to win the most votes cast for president.
She lost because this country (really just a handful of states, barely) is full of morons who could not see the very obvious contrast between the two candidates. Or worse, DID see it but still preferred Trump. That’s not her fault. Not even to get into the interference of James Comey or Vladimir Putin.
Again, it’s my view she deserves to be recognized for her place in history now while she can see it, because I guarantee you she will be regarded favorably by history anyway. She wouldn’t be rewarded for failing to prevent Trump, she would be rewarded for a long and illustrious career of public service that ended in the most unjust way possible for reasons mostly beyond her control. It’s not simply about being better than Trump, it’s the symbolism of rewarding the first alternative to Trump who lost mostly because of bad timing and (possibly sexist) double standards in the media regarding her “scandals” compared to Trump.
The fact that Biden won barely doing better than her despite everything vindicates her and proves she did not really lose for being a bad candidate, as far as I’m concerned.
