MSNBC host Chris Matthews recently asked Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton: “What’s the difference between a socialist and a Democrat?”  Clinton hemmed and hawed and groped for a response.  Finally, Matthews restated his question, and Clinton then answered with this: “I can tell you what I am.  I am a progressive Democrat.” If Matthews were nimbler and more of a journalist, he would have had a follow-up question: OK, what’s the difference between a socialist and a progressive? And the answer, of course, is…not much.  After noting that Matthews had posed the same question to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey opined: “I’d be surprised if Matthews ever asks this question again in public, or at least if he asks it before the general election in November.”  (You can watch this exchange and find commentary at Hot Air, RealClearPolitics, and El Rushbo.) What the...(Read Full Post)