Hmm my take on Hillary is that whatever popularity she recruited politically has less to do with her achievements in public office and more to do with her hubby Bubba's popularity among Dems. Regardless of Bills scandalous presidency, Many view his administration as a successful one. I think her supporters are projecting his achievements into her or at least feel he will have some influence. She by herself comes off as a the most uninspired candidate of all time. I think many see her as just power hungry, ambitious, insincere political hack that has the apparent ability to switch accents on the fly depending to what part of the nation she is addressing.