She can only fight the fight working by using the system.

A female revolutionary would quickly be put on the sideline.

rules will be minimized/she'll be sidelined to the extent they can. By virtue of his gender, Bernie gets to stay in the game, even though they will choose him last for the team if they don't like his rules.

Similarly, women have to play by the establishment rules to get ahead instead of having the extra freedom men have to take bolder actions outside the box. I have personally experienced this in the male corporate world. While times have changed, the model Hillary came up through crushes women who try to do things their own way.

Still, she went so far over to the other side as to not be able to change the rules any longer. She has spent all these years proving herself to men that her hands are now tied, beholden to them and their system. Contrast that with Elizabeth Warren, who is also playing politics, but with a decidedly different moral compass.

Thanks for that layered insight, apcalc!

And I also think she will "get things done".

What I don't believe is that she is progressive.

model/ties. The documented money laundering and shrouded connections/transactions (e.g. arms sales) put her in an entirely different (un)ethical sphere than Sanders.

neoliberal model. No matter how much kinder and gentler she makes neoliberalism, it is the wrong direction: it will entail increased militarism to protect corporate interests around the world; it will result in few jobs and lower wage at home; and it will deplete the federal funds needed to mitigate the damage done domestically and abroad by neoliberal policies.