You should take her seriously, she's a serious woman with a lot of real world experience.  You can call her a carpet-bager for her Senate stint representing New York, but it's clear that she worked hard for New York and knew what she was doing.  You can complain about some of her policies as Secretary of State (although please spare me Benghazi, which had nothing to do with her), but again it's clear she was a hard worker and understood what was going on in the world.  I have a lot of issues with Clinton, and am not necessarily happy she will be the nominee (though I know she will be), but I trust her to be a steady hand, to reassure our friends, and stand up to but not unnecessarily unsettle our enemies.  I wish I could trust her to be more of a friend to the middle class, and perhaps a bit less of a friend to the 1%, but I think she will feel more pressure to deliver for the middle class than Trump will.  Trump frankly exhibits none of Clinton's serious and reassuring qualities.