The Iraqi government refused to renegotiate. We COULD have stayed anyway, but that would have fatally undermined the authority of the new government. They left us with no good options, so we went with (what seemed like) the least bad one.

Four years ago, Russia wasn't occupying Ukraine or hacking US political parties. Stuff happens.

What on earth did she say or do that could be considered openly racist?

That's literally unconstitutional - violates equal protection. Cops are allowed to question people matching the description of a suspect, but they are not allowed to trawl for criminals based on demography.
I'm a white gay guy, which means I'm way more likely to use crystal meth than the general population. If cops…

Clinton spent YEARS exposing and prosecuting segregation in southern schools, well into the 1980s. I assume the political mentor you're describing is Robert Byrd, who was a) never a Grand Wizard and b) denounced the KKK for decades before he and Clinton even met.