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> Sanders lost Democratic primaries (sometimes in dubious fashion)

No, he lost convincingly in a landslide. There was nothing dubious about the primaries.

> but kicked our milquetoast candidates' butts with swing voters in swing states

In dubious caucuses. If these states had primaries, Sanders would have won even fewer states.

> only wins herself through momentum and subterfuge.

She wins because she drastically outspends her opponents. Your idea of how elections work is completely divorced from reality.




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