Ten Reasons Why Hillary lost - And they are probably not what you thought

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56. You're absolutely right

Early on he was not "in it to win it". Interviews on CNN before he threw his hat in the ring indicated that he was concerned that Hillary wasn't far enough to the left, but he gave absolutely no indications what so ever that he thought he could beat her. So there is only one conclusion that I could draw.

And he was very non combative with Hillary early on. However, I think he was legitimately surprised by the support he got, not only from very progressive voters (that was a given), but also from very enthusiastic young people excited about his college loan promises and, as usual, eager to rebel against older generations and the status quo.

Suddenly Bernie figured he had he actually had a shot and that's when he started attacking Hillary personally, claiming that she was unfit to lead, a message that stuck in the mind of many younger voters after the primaries. It should also be noted that Hillary never went after Bernie personally because she didn't want to alienate his supporters that she would need in the general election. Bernie, being the big underdog, had no such qualms.