She will be crushed.
Just remember what we did to John Kerry.
Of course, one could get real dirty and suggest she secretly watches Fox News.
That's the frightening part. Kerry was the most liberal senator from the most liberal state in America. He was a phony war hero and engaged in traitorious activity after the Vietnan war meeting with the Vietnamese communists twice in Paris during the war. He testified before Congress that our veterans were war criminals and drug addicts. Kerry was not charismatic, was a poor speaker, and had no national name recognition.
Despite all of this baggage, Kerry came within one state of defeating an incumbent, wartime President. He received the second highest vote total of any Presidential candidate in history. More importantly, he received 251 electoral votes. Kerry was not/not crushed or defeated soundly. If it wasn't for the SBVFT, Kerry might very well be President today.
No Dem candidate will be crushed. Clinton will win all of the states won by Kerry and probably New Mexico and Iowa, which were won by Gore in 2000. She will have a good shot at Ohio, Florida, and Nevada. She will be running against a comparatively unknown GOP candidate. She will have plenty of money, a top flight political organization, and a very sympathetic and supportive MSM. In my mind, Hillary is the odds on favorite to win it all. It will take a massive effort to defeat her.
Kerry was a fool who thought he could run as Rambo with a Jane Fonda past. The Swift Vets caught him on that, especially about three Purple Hearts with barely a scratch.
Hillary is smart. Very smart. When Rove starts in on her independent voters will just roll their eyes and say, "there go the Clinton-haters again". Especially if she is smart enough to Sistah Souljah the sodomites.
I see a very, very good openning for a fiscal liberal, cultural conservative. That is a combination that will enrage the Deaniacs but will cement minority support.