Actually I like both Sanders and Clinton, and I’m equally baffled by the extreme animosity some people in each camp feel toward the other camp’s figurehead.

During the 2016 primary, there were a number of profiles ranking the various candidates on where they stood. Clinton, Sanders, and Jill Stein were not that far apart. They were pretty much in the same ballpark if you compared their stances to those of ANY of the Republican hopefuls.

The notion that Clinton is a corporate shill or Sanders is a fiery radical is based on looking at only a tiny piece of their overall platform / record.

In my view, the reason Clinton is so unpopular nowadays with a number of Democrats (especially those who call themselves progressives) is that she ran a safe (lazy even) campaign. If she had a theme, it was “Vote for me, I’m not Trump.” Unfortunately, Clinton had been the victim of decades of demonization from the right wing media, so Trump was able to say “Vote for me, I’m not Clinton. I”ll make America great again.” Media distortion, plus gaming the electoral college, plus whatever help Putin’s army of trolls contributed gave Trump the edge. Had Clinton articulated a basic (simple even) positive platform, as Sanders and Trump did, she probably would have carried the electoral college.