Just two quick notes:

"Acolyte" is a bit of a hyperbolic generalization that sounds pejorative; I am a supporter of Sanders, but not an acolyte. Are you only talking about a vague subset of Sanders supporters?

Sanders is already a leader, more so than Clinton. Unless you want to narrow the definition of "leader".

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller