She is great. I hope on her dying day, we will all say something nice about her and not that lame `she is weak, she sucks, she is useless`junk. She deserves to die like a boss and she will.
It's a real opportunity for the anime. Instead of coming up with a bunch of stupid fillers, the anime could show some of these fights in more detail. This one and the Kakashi vs 7 Swordsmen fight would be awesome to show, and you could spend a few "filler" episodes on just that if they wanted.
I suspect they won't, and the anime will do a bunch of unrelated filler crap, but the potential is there.
If she does die, which I hope she doesnt, she'll probably have one of the most brutal deaths in the series. I mean she's chopped in half and she's summoning Katsuyu and has plans to heal the other kage... She is and always will be my favorite Hokage.