The way she handled the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal) is a microcosm of everything wrong with her campaign.
Before the primary she was recorded calling it the "gold standard" of trade deals. Bernie Sanders came out against the deal. Hillary refused to take a position on it for months. Only after the race started to get close, she came out meekly against the deal.
This was a lose-lose-lose for her campaign.
How the fuck do you refuse to take a position on a major trade deal that you helped negotiate. There was a perception that she was entitled and this played right into it.
It was an issue many union people cared about (particularly in the rust belt); refusing to state a position was bound to piss them off.
With how she handled this there was no way people that cared would ever believe that she was actually against the deal.
Republicans were painting Hillary as untrustworthy. This was a blatant, cravenly political move that played right into that characterization. She was lying, everyone knew it, and everyone knew why.
The way she handled the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal) is a microcosm of everything wrong with her campaign.
Before the primary she was recorded calling it the "gold standard" of trade deals. Bernie Sanders came out against the deal. Hillary refused to take a position on it for months. Only after the race started to get close, she came out meekly against the deal.
This was a lose-lose-lose for her campaign.