6 million fewer Democrats voted in 2016...

[Chad32]

Really? She almost lost with their help. If the DNC hadn't helped her, and the superdelegates didn't decide to go with her from the start, how exactly was she going to win? He took the hard road by not taking rich money, had the DNC pushing him away, and still kept from getting mathematically eliminated.

We must have different definitions of 'almost lost'  Nothing the DNC did actually helped her.  It didn't sway voters in the least.  Do you really think potential Bernie voters were swayed by the superdelegates?  They weren't.  If anything it made them fight harder.  It was practically a foregone conclusion that Hillary was going to be the nominee barring her being put in jail.  (Which was never going to happen anyway).  The perception is that Superdelegates helped her.  But if that's the case... Obama wouldn't have been President last time around.  Obama was down in the Superdelegate count too.

They had a media blackout on Bernie. They set up at least some of the democratic debates on Saturday night, which is a poor night to expect people to sit at home and watch a debate. They made it harder for independents to vote on the election. There's evidence that Hillary was given questions prior to debates, when Bernie wasn't. The DNC did things that helped stifle Bernie. I consider the fact that he was never mathematically eliminated as being close to winning. Maybe you're right, and we do have different definitions of "almost lost/won", but the DNC was helping Hillary.

The fact is, Bernie has high favorables, and Hillary has high unfavorables. I don't see how her winning was a forgone conclusion, aside from the establishment being deeply corrupt.