The difference - though theoretically existent - is not that clear. They can mostly be used interchangeably, and in this case arguing about it is waste of time.
Since you asked for rants, when will this Clinton argument end? You have to face it that the real problem is right there as a president now. You have a thousand years to point out the guilty but please pull yourselves together and do something!
There are as many realities as there are its perceives. That another does not agree with you does not imply that they have failed. If it did imply that it would mean that were they to agree with you they would succeed. If they do not succeed by agreeing they cannot fail by disagreeing.