Not because she’s lacking in any political skills, she isn’t, but there are far too many swing voters that will sit on their hands or vote for trump if the Dems try to put up a woman who also happens to be African American as the nominee. There’s still too much prejudice and misogyny that wants an old white man over anyone else.
Yeah, this is the first thing my girlfriend and I said to each other, it’s my biggest point of worry and IMO could have been the straw that broke Hillary’s 2016 run. I’m just hoping that the positives shine through at this point.