DES MOINES, Iowa — Hillary Clinton is finding out what it’s like to be on the long list of Democratic also-rans.

The party has, for years, discarded losing presidential candidates such as George McGovern, Walter Mondale, and Michael Dukakis, among others — to the point that they’re often treated as contagious diseases, seen at best as cautionary tales about how not to campaign for the White House.

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