Back is 1992, Clinton was not the early favorite. He was lucky in that all the other candidates who were more popular than him imploded. Clinton was basically the "last man standing."
And stupid GHWB gave the election to him... (with the help of Perot)
RINOs have been handing Presidential elections to Democrats since 1912.
The Republican grass roots were furious, and many turned to Perot as a protest vote.
It wouldn't have really mattered who survived the Democratic primaries to become the nominee. He would have won. It just happened to be Clinton.