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• Focus on the currently poor, and on ways out of poverty. (e.g. High minimum wage)
• Keynesian economics: it is always a good idea to give people money, if you think you can get it back in taxes later. (e.g. Free Tuition)
• Actively constrain actions that disparately enable the powerful or disempower the poor (even if the results might be attractive) (e.g. all about taxing the 1% fairly, against Mandatory-Minimum Sentencing)
• Military actions are a waste of money, and our preparation for war is excessive (e.g. Continual arguments in Congress against war, mostly in economic terms rather than humanitarian ones.)
• We should focus on ourselves, and let others focus on themselves, at least as long as we see ourselves descending (e.g. Strong focus on domestic policy.)
• Favoring corporations is always at the cost of people (e.g. Long history of working agaist 'Corporate Welfare').
• Direct service solutions are efficient by cutting out middlement (e.g. Single Payer healthcare, free tuition)

• Focus on the currently poor, and on ways out of poverty. (e.g. High minimum wage)
• Keynesian economics: it is always a good idea to give people money, if you think you can get it back in taxes later. (e.g. Free Tuition)
• Actively constrain actions that disparately enable the powerful or disempower the poor (even if the results might be very good on average) (e.g. all about taxing the 1% fairly, against Mandatory-Minimum Sentencing)
• Military actions are a waste of money, and our preparation for war is excessive (e.g. Continual arguments in Congress against war, mostly in economic terms rather than humanitarian ones.)
• We should focus on ourselves, and let others focus on themselves, at least as long as we see ourselves descending (e.g. Strong focus on domestic policy.)
• Favoring corporations is always at the cost of people (e.g. Long history of working against 'Corporate Welfare').
• Direct service solutions are efficient by cutting out middlemen (e.g. Single Payer healthcare, free tuition)

• Focus on the currently poor, and on ways out of poverty. (e.g. High minimum wage)
• Keynesian economics: it is always a good idea to give people money, if you think you can get it back in taxes later. (e.g. Free Tuition)
• Actively constrain wealth creation that does not help everyone (e.g. all about taxing the 1%)
• Military actions are a waste of money, and our preparation for war is excessive (e.g. Continual arguments in Congress against war, mostly in economic terms rather than humanitarian ones.)
• We should focus on ourselves, and let others focus on themselves, at least as long as we see ourselves descending (e.g. Strong focus on domestic policy.)
• Favoring corporations is always at the cost of people (e.g. Long history of working agaist 'Corporate Welfare').
• Direct service solutions are efficient by cutting out middlement (e.g. Single Payer healthcare, free tuition)

• Focussed on the forces that keep people in bad situations (e.g. the Violence Against Women Act, Gay Marriage (though kind of flaky there), credible female candidates.)
• Resist creating cycles of dependency (e.g. changing Aid to Families with Dependent Children to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, by limiting involvement to 7 years at a time.)
• Wealth spreads in a good economy, so ignore wealth distribution and favor an efficient economy (e.g. "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats.")
• American foreign power is part of our tradition and generally helps the world economy (e.g. voting for War and being/having a hawkish Secretary of State)
• Economic protectionism ultimately fails, stop it before it starts. (e.g. NAFTA, the TPP)
• Large institutions of all kinds maintain wealth and security for everyone, and cannot be allowed to become too generally unstable (e.g. GM Bailout, TARP)
• Market-management solutions are efficient because they introduce fewer perverse incentives and can be modified or scaled during implementation (e.g. ObamaCare, Cap-and-Trade environmental policy)

• Focus on the currently poor, and on ways out of poverty. (e.g. High minimum wage)
• Keynesian economics: it is always a good idea to give people money, if you think you can get it back in taxes later. (e.g. Free Tuition)
• Actively constrain actions that disparately enable the powerful or disempower the poor (even if the results might be attractive) (e.g. all about taxing the 1% fairly, against Mandatory-Minimum Sentencing)
• Military actions are a waste of money, and our preparation for war is excessive (e.g. Continual arguments in Congress against war, mostly in economic terms rather than humanitarian ones.)
• We should focus on ourselves, and let others focus on themselves, at least as long as we see ourselves descending (e.g. Strong focus on domestic policy.)
• Favoring corporations is always at the cost of people (e.g. Long history of working agaist 'Corporate Welfare').
• Direct service solutions are efficient by cutting out middlement (e.g. Single Payer healthcare, free tuition)

• Focussed on the forces that keep people in bad situations (e.g. the Violence Against Women Act, Gay Marriage (though kind of flaky there), credible female candidates.)
• Resist creating cycles of dependency (e.g. changing Aid to Families with Dependent Children to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, by limiting involvement to 7 years at a time.)
• Wealth spreads in a good economy, so ignore wealth distribution and favor an efficient economy (e.g. "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats." 'Superpredator' crime policies.)
• American foreign power generally helps the world economy (e.g. voting for War and being/having a hawkish Secretary of State)
• Economic protectionism ultimately fails, stop it before it starts. (e.g. NAFTA, the TPP)
• Large institutions of all kinds maintain wealth and security for everyone, and cannot be allowed to become too generally unstable (e.g. GM Bailout, TARP)
• Market-management solutions are efficient because they introduce fewer perverse incentives and can be modified or scaled during implementation (e.g. ObamaCare, Cap-and-Trade environmental policy, the implementation style of both bailouts.)

We can see stereotypes of these two schools in the postures the two leading Democratic candidates took in opposition to one another.

Since the center of modern liberalism is mostly about how we relate to the working class and the underclasses, let's start there.

Bernie is a Progressive:

The central approach is direct intervention on things we can thoroughly understand. Recover the costs through taxation.

Hillary Clinton is much more of a neo-Liberal, but this is clearer in the policies of her husband's previous presidency. It is a big part of the policies of Obama that have succeeded.

The central approach is to intervene indirectly in ways we can back out of or re-tune later. (Since there seems to be little that we thoroughly understand?) Recover the costs through improving the economy:

• Focussed on the forces that keep people in bad situations (e.g. the Violence Against Women Act)
• Resist creating cycles of dependency (e.g. changing Aid to Families with Dependent Children to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, by limiting involvement to 7 years at a time.)
• Wealth spreads in a good economy, so ignore wealth distribution and favor an efficient economy (e.g. "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats.")
• American foreign power is part of our tradition and generally helps the world economy (e.g. voting for War and being/having a hawkish Secretary of State)
• Economic protectionism ultimately fails, stop it before it starts. (e.g. NAFTA, the TPP)
• Large institutions of all kinds maintain wealth and security for everyone, and cannot be allowed to become too generally unstable (e.g. GM Bailout, TARP)
• Market-management solutions are efficient because they introduce fewer perverse incentives and can be modified or scaled during implementation (e.g. ObamaCare, Cap-and-Trade environmental policy)

You can see the contrast here: the Progressive agenda is seen by its detractors as wide-eyed and oversimplified, the neo-Liberal agenda is seen by its detractors as so indirect in its focus on equality that it is basically Conservative.

We can see stereotypes of these two schools in the postures the two leading Democratic candidates took in opposition to one another. I am obviously omitting the central themes of Liberalism, because they agree on those, and focussing on contrasting tactics and opinions.

(I am aligning opposing trends point-by-point, but I cannot arrange them side-by-side because my MarkDown skills escape me.)

Bernie is a Progressive -- The central approach is direct intervention on things we can thoroughly understand, with clear intentions and transparent execution. Recover the costs through taxation.

Hillary Clinton is much more of a neo-Liberal, but not as much of one as the two male Presidents with whom she is most strongly associated. The central approach is to intervene indirectly in ways we can back out of or re-tune later. (Since there seems to be so little that we thoroughly understand?) Recover the costs through improving the economy:

• Focussed on the forces that keep people in bad situations (e.g. the Violence Against Women Act, Gay Marriage (though kind of flaky there), credible female candidates.)
• Resist creating cycles of dependency (e.g. changing Aid to Families with Dependent Children to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, by limiting involvement to 7 years at a time.)
• Wealth spreads in a good economy, so ignore wealth distribution and favor an efficient economy (e.g. "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats.")
• American foreign power is part of our tradition and generally helps the world economy (e.g. voting for War and being/having a hawkish Secretary of State)
• Economic protectionism ultimately fails, stop it before it starts. (e.g. NAFTA, the TPP)
• Large institutions of all kinds maintain wealth and security for everyone, and cannot be allowed to become too generally unstable (e.g. GM Bailout, TARP)
• Market-management solutions are efficient because they introduce fewer perverse incentives and can be modified or scaled during implementation (e.g. ObamaCare, Cap-and-Trade environmental policy)

Hopefully, you can see the contrast here: the Progressive agenda is seen by its detractors as wide-eyed and oversimplified, the neo-Liberal agenda is seen by its detractors as so indirect in its focus on equality that it is basically Conservative.