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After losing against an inspiring Barack Obama in the 2008 primaries, the process towards the Democratic nomination in 2016 should have been a cakewalk for her. But 75-year-old Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, with a radical discourse for the Democrats, very nearly sent her off track. Even against a rival as unprepared as Trump, she hasn't been able to lock down a win.

Being the first woman candidate for President could have something to do with it: Trump has a majority of support among men. But in general, more than 55% of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of Clinton-- the majority say they don't trust her. Why? Some controversies may have contributed to a certain distrust, but her main problem is, in fact, her curriculum itself. Her long political career is more a liability than an asset. She is seen as part of the Washington "establishment", which is today questioned by a good part of the electorate, and as a representative of a way of doing politics that belongs to the past. Her connections with Wall Street elites, used extensively by Sanders to attack her, also don't help her at all.

Clinton isn't appealing, but the dilemma is finding out whether she is even less appealing than Trump. Indeed, a good part of the vote for Trump is actually an anti-Clinton vote, while 46% of Democrats who will vote for her do so only to prevent a Trump presidency.