From the beginning you could see that AOC, while progressive, was smart enough to understand how progress is made. I was pretty confident she'd be a good representative and she has been.
This is exactly why she is so good at what she does. She doesn't ever compromise her goals or ideals. But she understands that compromising on process to make gains towards those goals is the key to reaching them and she proudly takes credit from the gains that are made. She's damn good.