I think history will show that she didn't quite have the talent to do it on her own steam, but that she made it much easier for another woman to become president one day. Her two biggest problems: She first married a man who was her political superior and was then defeated by one. She is a very talented politician but it was her fate to find her career hemmed in by two even more talented ones: Bill and Barack. She made up for it all with enormous hard work, diligence and ruthlessness. At any other moment, she would have won. But this is history and politics at the highest level. You cannot defeat such a moment if you are a Salieri. And she had to deal with two Mozarts.
Dismissing the political savvy of Hillary is ridiculous, and frankly, I think it's wrong. I think Hillary is every bit as brilliant a politician and strategist as Bill, and to infer her inferiority to these two men (Bill and Barack) is both unnecessary and open to accusations of sexism.
Andrew, do you need to be such an asshole about this? Please!