You are 100% accurate here, which is why clinton will have to choose a controllable VP "of color" who won't overshadow her, but someone who will energize the urban vote (like a Corey Booker for example).
The obama 'magic' of 2008 and to a lesser extent, 2012 is not there this time around. And since the dems cannot win without the black vote, the days of the all-white dem ticket may be a remnant of the past.
The community organizers will be whispering in the ‘hood about Hillary’s “failing health”