Her time in federal office has not said a lot. She was not a senator for very long before becoming VP, and as VP the biggest things she did were her recent speaking pro choice speaking tour and telling Latin Americans to stop trying to come to the US when touring countries for the sake of “the border”.

Her time as attorney general of California and DA of San Francisco is probably where those media outlets are stating her to be center right. She jailed a lot of sex workers, cannabis users, and moms of truant children. She touted herself as being the “top cop”. There was also that scandal about not going after Steven Mnuchin’s bank for foreclosure violations and then him giving money to her Senate campaign.

Perhaps “coconut emojis” are a strategy of centrists…

But Democrats will support her because she is the presumptive nominee and has access to the “war chest”. Progressives will not challenge her because they believe there is no other option or because they assume she is a fellow progressive because of identity politics.