The debate was custom cut for Bernie--no foreign policy questions, and a focus on an economically distressed city and state. Indeed, the Senator did score some points on trade agreements and was the pugnacious challenger throughout. But Hillary won by not losing.
She already has a sizable delegate lead which, if current polls hold, will be impregnable by the end, if not the middle of this month. So her goal was a mistake free performance, which neither angered the Bernie supporters nor scared the centrists that she would need in the fall. Mission accomplished.
While cautious on some answers such as limitations on fracking, she avoided the temptation to go into the cursed prevent defense. She turned the tables on the bailout vote, reminding the auto company dependent voters in the Midwest, that the bill financed the auto company bailout. She scored the double whammy by tying the vote to her support for Obama. She acceded to the recommendation of the then president elect, Bernie opposed him.
Republican candidates were the biggest losers. Their juvenile antics suffered badly in comparison to this adult discussion focused on the needs of the American people.
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