I'm not a fan of hers, but if your lager point is whether the US is ready for a third party of sorts like the greens ... an interesting question. Perot probably cost HW reelection, but his deficit warnings were pretty much "assimilated" by the DLC ... although Americans don't pay any attention to deficits unless some candidate makes them an issue. As soon as one party makes them a non-issue the other joins in. The dems want more social programs and the gop just wants to cut taxes mostly on the 1% .. unitl Trump who also spends like the democrat he was until he decided to try and run for potus.
But the dems pretty much ran off the Frank Church types.
After the 92 election, the neoliberals under Clinton merged as one with the already well-established neoconservatives - in fact -it's plausible that Clinton was being blackmailed and controlled by them for the most part throughout his presidency. I personally believe every president since Johnson has been vetted with 2 exceptions -Carter and Trump, but then you knpow us "conspiracy theorists" right candycorn and faun ?
Nader could have made a difference in 96 or 2000, but by the time 9/11 and Iraq happened- the dragon got away - and here we are $22 trillion in debt and in a permanent state of war.