Despite the fact that Hillary Clinton “clinched” her party’s nomination — even before her super delegates vote in July to do so — many Democratic voters are still “feelin’ the Bern” and have signaled that their fire won’t be put out so quickly.

Clinton has an uphill battle ahead when it comes to uniting the Democratic Party, as the progressive grassroots base of the party rails against the corruption of a rigged system that benefits political insiders.

Clinton has an uphill battle ahead when it comes to uniting the Democratic Party, as the progressive grassroots base of the party rails against the corruption of a rigged system that benefits political insiders.

On Tuesday, Bernie Sanders signaled that he’s not backing down, remaining a thorn in Clinton’s side all the way through the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. “Real change never occurs from the top down, it always comes from the bottom up — that is the history of America,” Sanders said. “The struggle continues.”

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While Sanders has no path to the nomination — save an indictment of Hillary over her secretive email account — he will play a pivotal role in Clinton’s candidacy if his progressive ideas are adopted into the Democratic platform, forcing her to the left on many issues. That would be detrimental to her in the general election. Clinton needs to start making a move to the center if she has any hope at all of going head to head with Donald Trump in the general election — but that will be a hard line for her to toe as she tries to appeal to Sanders’ progressive base of supporters.

Undoubtedly, Clinton will try to paint herself as an “outsider” candidate as the first female nominee of a major party, but Sanders voters won’t be fooled. She even tried to take a page out of the Sanders playbook in her historic victory speech, but it was met with much criticism. “We all want an economy with more opportunity and less inequality, where Wall Street can never wreck Main Street again,” Clinton said. “We all want a government that listens to the people, not the power brokers, which means getting unaccountable money out of politics.”

A fascinating statement coming from Clinton, the queen of insider politics and political corruption, who has personally profited from Wall Street (think $300,000 speeches) and government dealings. There has been pressure from those on the left for Clinton to release the transcripts of her paid speeches to firms with ties to Wall Street, but she has adamantly refused.

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What’s more, a review conducted by The Associated Press found that more than one-third of Hillary’s paid speeches between 2013 and 2015 were to government contractors or groups that directly lobbied federal agencies — more than likely hoping to get their interests protected if she gets elected to the presidency. Furthermore, the review also found that 22 of the groups lobbied the State Department while Clinton served as secretary of state.

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As Clinton tries to cast aside her scandals and rally her liberal base, she continuously spews the tired “war on women” talking points, which just don’t resonate with the male demographic. In fact, white males have been the most hesitant group to support Clinton in the 2016 primaries. Exit polling shows Clinton is losing the white male vote to Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary — and Trump dominated among the demographic in the Republican primary.

Her calls for extreme gun control aren’t going to help her either, as gun owners are disproportionately male. It also doesn’t help that a new Fox News poll shows that voters trust Trump over Clinton when it comes to the economy, 53 to 41 percent. The economy is the top issue that determines how people vote and many disaffected white men will vote for who they think can do a better job — giving Trump the upper hand.

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Trump has already begun to take full advantage of the civil war erupting within the Democratic Party by making his appeal to Sanders supporters in his victory speech on Tuesday night. “To all of those Bernie Sanders voters who have been left out in the cold by a rigged system of superdelegates, we welcome you with open arms — and believe me, the terrible trade deals that Bernie was so vehemently against will be taken care of far better than in your wildest imagination,” Trump said.

A recent The Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that 20 percent of Sanders supporters are planning to vote for Trump in November if Clinton is the Democratic nominee. These poll results indicated a big jump from March, when only 9 percent said they’d do so.

The road ahead is rocky for Clinton as she will have to navigate toward the center while also appealing to Sanders voters — and Trump is ready and willing to take advantage of her well-known weaknesses. Bernie supporters are not in the bag, and Trump plans a push to pick up as many as possible.