She's no hard leftist (7)
I believe the answer is:
mildred
'she's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'no hard leftist' is the wordplay.
'no hard' becomes 'mild' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'leftist' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean communist).
'mild'+'red'='MILDRED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mildred that I've seen before include "Woman" , "Girl" , "lady?" .)