“Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State; but it will require other talents, and a different kind of merit, to establish him in the esteem and confidence of the whole Union, or of so considerable a portion of it as would be necessary to make him a successful candidate for the distinguished office of President of the United States.”  Alexander Hamilton, Federalist 68


Hilliary Clinton did win “the little arts of popularity” contest yet failed to garner “the esteem and confidence of the whole Union.”