I have no doubt in my mind she would be crucified but as the writer stated, it's never going to happen. If she won't meet with the general public how the hell do we expect she would climb on stage with a real debater? I would love to see her debate Cruz to expose her complete incompetence. She has lied, cheated, schemed, dodged and ducked her way thus far but a real "debate" would put a dagger in her heart once and for all.
You only quoted the first part of the sentence. The rest says what you just did.