Dems don’t lose the next election because the right-wing is racist, they lose when they fail to listen to their base and try to gaslight their constituents. The energy created when young voters, progressives and independents are given a reason to go out and vote smashes any kind of advantage the GOP tries to glean from playing the bigotry cards. Clinton was not that reason.
People need to let go of this idea that Democrats’ job is to appeal to the right and be conciliatory. Conservatives don’t vote democrat, regardless of how far to the right the Dems go. They only play up the swing voter fantasy to weaken democrats and get neoliberals going off on a wild goose chase for votes they’ll never secure while at the same time neglecting and demoralizing their own base.