It's worth noting that almost everyone defines themselves as "moderate" or "centrist," even if they support every last position of the Democratic Party (or, on the other end, the Republican Party).

A person tends to find their own views to be the "reasonable" ones.

And are you really surprised that this person views Clinton as a "centrist?"

I don't know where they got the idea that a measure of how conservative a journalist is is whether or not they are more "conservative" than a poll of the general public. I think a more accurate reading could be taken by adding up the actual answers and asking, "is this a conservative or a liberal view, objectively?"

And again, I would have liked to see the question "are you a Democrat or Republican" thrown in there somewhere. Bet five bucks most of the "centrists" reply "Democrat."