Hilary Clinton was a divisive candidate. Dems needed to at least add Bernie as her running mate to retain the Bernie vote.
Ya'all thought her perfect at the time
Nobody thought she was perfect, either time, Kid. And you fucking well know it.
We did think she would be a superb
president, which is not the same as either perfect or a perfect candidate.
The GOP thought she was pretty good as the SoS until they realized she was going to run for president again in 2016, then set out to drag her positives down.
But your revisionist history is far more interesting, I'm sure.