Having a Progressive Economic position, is about much more than raisiing the minimum wage

That is the bare minimum; the floor. The overwhelming majority of dems support raising the minimum wage. They aren't all economic progressives. By a long shot.

Supporting the Social Security status quo is also the bare minimum.

Opposing tax cuts for the wealthiest is another low threshold.

Economic progressives believe in a living wage, which simply means that if you work full time, you should be able to afford rent, food on the table and clothes on your back. You shouldn't need food stamps to get by.

Economic progressives believe that the Social Security FICA cap should be raised.

Economic progressives believe that taxes should be raised on the wealthiest Americans, including raising taxes on capital gains.

Economic progressives believe in strong regulation and breaking up monopolies.

There's more, but those are pretty fundamental.

Hillary Clinton is an economic centrist. She is not an economic progressive. If she were, she most decidedly would not have the support of so many on Wall Street and within Amerca's corporate board rooms. Those folks will support an economic progressive when hell freezes over. Her rhetoric is not sorta kinda flavored with with economic progressive language, but I've never heard the phrase "living wage" pass her lips. She hasn't even come out with a number re the minimum wage. Last I heard, she was strongly opposed to raising the FICA cap, and she sure isn't calling for raising taxes on the wealthy.

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As one of the most famous people in the world, constantly watched by the Secret Service, it will be hard for Mrs Clinton to campaign in the traditional New Hampshire way, says Terry Shumaker, a lawyer who co-chaired both of Bill Clinton’s campaigns in the state. But he thinks she must try, using the “intimacy” of the state to communicate with the whole country. He describes his old friend as an economic centrist, who sees government as a positive force but believes that business is the engine of the economy. In 2016 she can add domestic and global experience to the mix. “There is a huge hunger for Washington to work again,” he says. And with Islamic State fanatics on the prowl, voters have a “visceral” need to feel safe.

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http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21648005-she-has-no-serious-rivals-yet-democratic-nomination-voters-still-have-plenty