Story highlights Patti Solis Doyle says Donald Trump is wrong in suggesting being a woman has helped Hillary Clinton

Clinton has been the target of bias and unfair criticism, as have other women, Doyle says

Patti Solis Doyle, a CNN political commentator, served in the White House as a senior adviser to then-first lady Hillary Clinton, was chief of staff on Clinton's 2000 and 2006 Senate campaigns, and was Clinton's presidential campaign manager in 2007 and early 2008. She currently is president of Solis Strategies, a Washington-based consulting firm. The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers.

(CNN) On Tuesday night, Donald Trump argued that, "If Hillary Clinton were a man, I don't think she'd get 5% of the vote. ... The only thing she's got going on is the women's card."

My immediate reaction? I threw the plum I was eating at the TV, then tweeted, "If Hillary were a man, she'd have been president 25 years ago."

Patti Solis Doyle

Trump's argument -- and my reaction to it -- raise an important question. Are Clinton's accomplishments less impressive, or more impressive, because she's a woman? How you answer should help you decide how to vote in November.

There's really only one way to make sense of Trump's position. He believes Clinton's had an easier road because she's a woman. I, on the other hand, think she's had a tougher road, which makes her even more qualified to be President than if she were a man.

Let's start with the facts. After graduating with honors from Wellesley and Yale Law, Clinton worked as an investigator on the Watergate Committee, taught law at The University of Arkansas, served as the chairwoman of the Legal Services Corp. (a $300 million per year enterprise, at the time), made partner at one of the country's oldest and most respected law firms, served on the boards of three public companies, and, for many years, was the principal breadwinner for her family. Throw in her experience as a best-selling author, first lady, U.S. senator, secretary of state, co-chair of a global foundation, and you get the idea.

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