Hillary Clinton is not honest and trustworthy, voters say, but is still the Dem frontrunner

A majority of voters say former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not honest and trustworthy and that her claim to be a fighter for the middle class is just a campaign slogan, but she is still retaining a tight lock on the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination contest and leads all but one of her Republican rivals.

Fifty-two percent of voters said Mrs. Clinton is not honest and trustworthy while 45 percent said she is, a new Fox News poll said.

Forty-four percent said Mrs. Clinton really would be a fighter for the middle class if elected president, while 51 percent said it was just a campaign slogan.

Still, she was the choice of 61 percent of likely Democratic primary voters in the poll, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont at 15 percent and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at 11 percent.

She also led a number of potential Republican rivals in head-to-head match-ups, though she was tied with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at 43 percent and she led Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida by 1 point, 45 percent to 44 percent.

She led businessman Donald Trump by 17 points, 51 percent to 34 percent, and held 6-point leads against Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas (48 percent to 42 percent), Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (47 percent to 41 percent) and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina (45 percent to 39 percent).

She also led retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson by 5 points, 46 percent to 41 percent, and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky by 4 points, 46 percent to 42 percent.

Some Republicans have been working to strike a generational contrast with Mrs. Clinton, with Mr. Rubio calling her a “leader from yesterday” in his April announcement speech.

But seven in 10 voters said they would see a Clinton presidency more as her first term, compared to 21 percent who said they would see it more as bringing back her husband, former President Bill Clinton, for another term.

Fifty-four percent also said they would see her presidency more as a fresh start for her, compared to 38 percent who said they would see it more as a continuation of the policies of President Obama.

The survey of 1,005 registered voters was taken June 21-23 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points for the Democratic subgroup.