Did Secretary Hillary Clinton understate the case when she called hard-core Trump supporters a "basket of deplorables"?

[artemisia1]

She was certainly both perceptive and prophetic in her criticism of these people, but, in retrospect, could she have understated the case of just how bad they are? (SARCASM)

[MustLoveBeagles]

1. She was too kind

[artemisia1]

2. Yes, in retrospect, I think she was...

[unblock]

3. So deplorable that they had a cow over that comment when they are nothing but insult machines themselves

Anyone not on their side gets pummeled at the slightest hint of offense, yet their offenses are amplified and marveled at non-stop.

[Bread and Circuses]

4. Yes! Hillary is still right!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Deplorables is too mild of a description for these assholes

[FoxNewsSucks]

6. Yes. Vastly understated.

[malaise]

7. Yes

That is all

[Disaffected]

8. I would have said,

Basket of Despicables.

[Vinca]

9. She should have said "cesspool of deplorables."

[WarGamer]

10. she was 100% accurate.

[BluesRunTheGame]

11. It was an unfortunate gaffe that may have cost us the election.

The Wikipedia article for “basket of deplorables” is a pretty good read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket_of_deplorables

“ In her 2017 book “What Happened”, Clinton said that her comments describing half of Trump's supporters as a "basket of deplorables" were a factor in her electoral loss, calling it a "political gift" for Trump.[3]”

[artemisia1]

12. Insulted or not, the "deplorables" were never going to vote for her anyway.