In fact every bit of evidence to this point in time points to the contrary of your claim. You have nothing but innuendo. Here are some facts.
1) Bernie already polls better against Trump than Hillary in state after state, so somebody has to be paying attention. I don't think there's a swing state that Hillary does better than Bernie against Trump.
2) Bernie Has had a year to build his positive brand free of Republican attacks. He won't win the nomination until July at the earliest, which gives Republicans a total of 4 months to counter his 18 months of positive name building. You're sure they're going to tear him down in that time, but there's very little to actually attack him on. He loves being attacked on the socialism charge because it gives him a means to address his platform. That's the last thing the Republicans want.
3) You talk about Hillary already weathering the storm and being battle tested, but her ratings are in the toilet (especially among Independents). Bernie would have to fall like an asteroid just to reach where she's at in negative favorability. She is going into the GE from an awful position, he is going in from a great position.
4) He has been getting attacked on the Democratic side for a year now and his favorability has only grown as he has become more known. Meanwhile Hillary's has plummeted (especially among the all important Independents for the GE).
5) He has run multiple races in Vermont as a Democratic socialist (It's not like this is a new platform for him). And the last race was a very expensive, very negative campaign by his Republican challenger. Bernie won over 70% of the vote. In the presidential primary election against a Democrat he won over 80% of the vote in his home state. Vermont may not mirror the rest of the country in the Democratic primary, but it definitely mirrors the very white Republican side and to a great extent the Independent votes. Large swaths of Republicans and Independents vote for him every election in Vermont, and they know him better than anyone (good and bad).
6) Bernie has absolutely destroyed Hillary on the Independent vote during the primary season, winning it virtually all over the country, even in the deep south where she won her primaries by large margins. He has consistently won as many or more Independents than Donald Trump has won in the Republican primary, proving he's a match for him in that category all over the country and particularly in swing states.
7) Bernie's greatest strength is his honesty and consistency. His peers in the house and senate who are on the other side respect him for being straight forward with them even when they disagree with him. His platform doesn't change just with the wind, or hardly even over time. Honesty and consistency plays very well with everyone. People want to vote for people who are authentic (even if they just seem authentic, which Bernie doesn't have to fake).
8) Once you get past labels, the majority of the population agrees with the majority of Bernie's agenda. Most people believe inequality is a major issue. Most people are angry over the bank bailouts and lack of prosecutions. Most people are sick of the wars and imperialism our country uses. Most people believe health care is too costly. Most people believe higher education is too costly. There might be wide variances across the political spectrum in how people believe they should be fixed, but most everyone agrees these are issues. Bernie not only talks about these issues, he aggressively attacks them. People follow strong leaders, not leaders who wait to see what can be accomplished or how polling shows they should proceed. Triangulation has garnered us nothing but lost congresses and lost states.
9) This is a very anti-establishment year in politics. Independents in particular, and parts of the two parties, are sick of how things are going. It's a major reason Trump has resonated with people in spite of his vile hatred. Hillary, whether you like it or not, is the epitome of establishment. Bernie is the only anti-establishment candidate we have running, or even in our deck. This is no fault of Hillary's, but it will play a part in the general election.
Again, you've got innuendo and gut feelings, but there is no evidence to back up your claim.
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