Who was the toughest candidate that Hillary has beaten?

[NightWatcher]

She was beaten in 2008 by a relatively unknown black first term Senator with the middle name "Hussein", who up to that point had only given a speech at the previous convention.

Now in 2016 she's struggling to put away an old self identified Democratic Socialist from a tiny northeastern state, even though she has all the might and resources of the DNC, Super PACS, and the name recognition of being a former First Lady, Senator, and Secretary of State behind her.

Next up for her is a reality tv star/real estate con man who commits what would be political suicide for most traditional politicians every other day but has made him more popular to his base.

[seabeyond]

1. Ya? We are going there? Sanders had to sell his vote to Democrats so they would not put up a viable

candidate so he would be able to win.

[Kip Humphrey]

2. Hillary lacks winning which creates a climate that encourages

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rule and law breaking as well as lying and cheating.

[firebrand80]

3. She's not "struggling to put away" Bernie

We don't have winner take all States. The proportional allocation system (and the presence superdelegates) has allowed Bernie to stay in the race and claim that it's "close" when the reality is he hasn't had a realistic chance of winning for 2 months.

If our system was more like what the GOP had, Bernie would have been out.

[floriduck]

5. No, she's seriously struggling even with all the DNC, major media and corporate support.

She's as weak as they come for someone with all that help. If Bernie had all that, it would have been over long ago.

[Dawgs]

18. Uh, we were told just a months ago that she would win all but one state.

Bernie went from being down by 50 points to being down by 2.

She may have won but she is still universally disliked by most voters. Nothing she can do will change that.

[NorthCarolina]

4. Bubba? -nt-

[immoderate]

6. Rick Lazio?

--imm

[AgerolanAmerican]

8. ^ correct answer

She beat Rick Lazio after the latter entered the race late due to Giuliani backing out.

That's the toughest political opponent she has ever defeated in an election. This is only her 3rd political campaign as a candidate.

[Skinner]

10. It's actually her fourth.

She was elected to the senate twice.

[Throd]

7. Integrity.

[lapfog_1]

9. If the republicans weren't so batshit crazy

and they had nominated either Kasich or Huntsman to be on the ballot this fall...

I doubt that we would have a snowballs chance in hell of winning with Hillary... and it would be very tight even with Bernie.

I think our only hope against a Kasich nominee would be either Warren or Biden...

[Hiraeth]

17. Huntsman would be tougher than Kasich, I think.

And, I am not sure that Biden or Warren could defeat either Kasich or Huntsman.

[lapfog_1]

19. Huntsman would have had a hard time getting republicans out to vote for him

[Hiraeth]

20. You are probably right about that but, he would draw substantially from Independents, I would think.

[YouDig]

11. She's not as strong as Obama. But thank god that we're not actually nominating, as you put it,

"an old self identified Democratic Socialist from a tiny northeastern state." Disaster.

[NightWatcher]

12. You mean good thing we're not nominating the guy who polls better against Trump?

That's some twisted electioneering my friend.

[YouDig]

13. Wait, so you think he's a strong candidate? Then Hillary's victory over him is huge.

[msanthrope]

14. Apparently, Bernie. nt

[LaydeeBug]

15. Bernie Sanders. nt.

[JaneyVee]

16. Hillary won the popular vote in 2008.