I wonder if this could be the other way...
Hillary! was/is an Alynsky sycophant, met him, worked with him, thesized on him. Perhaps whatever Hillary! hitched-up with would have been the medium thru which she was elevated to power.
Personally, I think she's the same as Bill Clinton ... unprincipled opportunists who would appoint Pat Buchanan as Secretary of State if they thought it would help advance their political careers.
I think the Democrats know this, too ... which is why they ran her out of town in 2008.