Let's play armchair quarterback

[motomonkey]

It is easy to look back and see lots of mistakes in any campaign, but these seem to be some of them for Hillary Clinton:

1.  She failed to put together a winning caucus strategy
2.  Her message was wrong. She went negative i.e. "Anti-Bush" where as the "Hope/Change" message of Obama was superior.  She should have recognized that the country wanted change and hope more than just criticism of the past.  This worked against her on several levels such as:
a)  Made her look like she was "looking back" instead of forward
b)  Reinforced negative impressions of her as a critic and unlikeable
3)  She completely blew with her use of Bill. 
4)  Her exaggeration on the "sniper fire" issue is regretable
5)  Allowing the "inevitable nominee" story to grow rather than managing expectations was a mistake.