Bubba helped them in 1992! He moved the Democratic Party to the center!! You think Jesse Jackson or Tom Harkin could have beaten Bush?
Yes he helped them, but when he left office in 2000 they never went away. Bill helped them in the short term, but their influence on the party long term has been damaging to the Democrats and Hillary is like an albatross around their necks. The Dems may have been somewhat centrist then, but they sure as hell aren’t today!