The following is a summary of a longer editorial endorsement that ran in the Weekly’s sister publications, the Las Vegas Sun and The Sunday.

Former Sen. and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders share the same essential values and genuinely champion the middle class. But Sanders, the rebellious Democratic socialist, would be going into battle outnumbered in pursuit of his domestic agenda and poorly equipped in foreign affairs. Clinton has established strengths and demonstrated successes in both arenas.

Sanders’ populist campaign centers on reforming Wall Street and big banks, a reason younger Democrats are smitten by his candidacy. In fact, the two candidates agree on the need for greater regulation of Wall Street, and each proposes a new tax on it. Sanders would tax stock and bond trading, while Clinton would employ a tax to discourage volatile, high-frequency trading. Sanders wants to break up big banks while Clinton would impose “risk fees” on banks as they grow, and give regulators the power to break up big banks if they saw fit. On every front, Clinton seeks more measured, realistic approaches to effectively keep Wall Street reined in.

Shifting to Main Street, we applaud Clinton’s efforts for working Americans, especially in addressing labor law, leveling the playing field for female workers and advocating for child care, paid sick leave and improved hourly wages.

Sanders’ appeal is understandable: He clearly enunciates the problems we face and offers a romantic vision of how to solve them. But even as Clinton, somewhat wonkish by natural inclination, ruminates on the important questions of how we can get it done, some voters seem to think she lacks vision. Hardly.

Clinton has a history of being part of the solution in fighting the really tough fights—for civil rights, for women’s rights, for reliable health care, for worker protections, for a safer world. To suggest Clinton lacks vision is to fall prey to disingenuous campaign rhetoric. She has always tenaciously upheld a vision of a better America, even when those beliefs cost her.

Sanders knows this, being of the same generation and a witness to the same important fights. But actually executing a vision hinges on proven leadership and the ability to build coalitions, achievements Clinton can claim. She understands, too—having done this as a senator and secretary of state—the necessity of compromise or deferring parts of a vision in order to achieve the larger ones.

Sanders hasn’t proved he can bring these qualities to the White House. Clinton has. It is crucial that our next president not only brings vision and leadership to the job, but the experience of dealing with Congress on the home front and world leaders abroad.

Only one candidate among Democrats and Republicans alike can claim that experience. We confidently endorse Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee for president.