That is not the view of the European press. Even the Guardian, which obviously generally supports the Democrats, cites economic and a host of other reasons:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/hillary-clin...

I think what is also missing often is that Hilary Clinton is not a particularly likable character who has made any number of unwise statements:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/clinton-on-qaddafi-we-came-we-s...

So she would not sail through like charismatic Obama, but the Democrats kind of took her win for granted, which is always a mistake.