I am no fan of HRC but I do respect her strength and determination and recognize that she has had to put up with megatons of hatefulness that would have felled a lesser woman. From her days on the campaign trail and through both of WJC's terms in office right on through the ridiculously puerile and offensive Monicagate, I often spoke of her as the poster child for grace under fire. When people attacked her for not leaving her husband, I knew it wasn't weakness that kept her in the marriage and I said so. I was pleased when she decided to run for office on her own because I knew she is not someone who was born to, or who aspired to, play second fiddle to any man. She's got brains and then some and I wouldn't have expected any less than achieving success that was hers and hers alone.
I am also voting for Bernie Sanders in the primary, and I will vote for HRC over a republican in the general but it won't be easy for me. It is past time for one but I can wait for the first female president.
If anything could change the primary infighting it would be what you wrote, but thank you for helping me step back from my usual very vocal distaste for Hillary 2016 and remember what an amazing person she is.