2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie gives Hillary some good advice. [View all]frazzled
(18,402 posts)1. As mentioned in my post, Hillary Clinton hews to the issues vigorously, all the time. If you (or Sanders) listened to any of her speeches or appearances, or to the CIC forum, for instance, you (and he) would have noticed that the issues mentioned are emphasized repeatedly.
2. This is not about Sanders supporters. Only a small minority of them are refusing to vote for Clinton. And parroting Bernie's talking points, at this stage in the game, is not going to convince them. She needs to convince the working class voters who are uncomfortable with Trump but are leaning towards him anyway.
3. Criticizing the candidate's campaign is neither helpful nor supportive, which was supposed to be his aim in the post-primary season. And advice from the candidate whose campaign failed to convince the majority of Democratic voters is even less helpful (especially when he himself used personality innuendo frequently).
4. She already deals with issues, incessantly (see no. 1).