I do believe HRC considered herself a top-tier candidate too.
Kam is venomously egotistical.
Kamala makes the point many Democrats want made that everyone should be covered by health insurance. She seems to do this effectively.
I view Kamala as the most dangerous as she is the present choice of the Obamas
Think she has some good in her, but is largely at best, completely misguided as evidenced by her behavior in the Kavanaugh hearings.