Remember when Carly Fiorina crushed the competition in the Republicans’ first undercard debate? That’s what Hillary Clinton’s performance was like at the first Democratic debate Tuesday night.

No, Clinton has never been as consistently smooth a communicator as Fiorina has proven to be this year, much less her husband Bill. But like Fiorina debating Jim Gilmore and company, this came across as a polished professional among amateurs, even though everyone on both stages was actually accomplished.