The specter of Lyndon Johnson, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis and all the other dull, disastrous, detail-oriented Democratic politicians of the recent past had haunted her campaign from the start.

• 林登-约翰逊的幽灵、沃尔特-蒙代尔、迈克尔-杜卡基斯，以及所有其他那些前不久还依然活跃的枯燥乏味的、灾难性的、定位过细的民主党政客，从一开场就在她的竞选活动中作祟。