well...in the beginning of Naruto Neji was a boss and Hinata the weakest of all Genin...Neji got trolled, didn't become much stronger but Hinata did. She developed many great techniques some of them stronger than Neji's and the difference between them is not as big as it was once...I think especially the duo attack of them during the ninja war showed her equalness...yes but neji could do it better cuz hes better at it than she is