To Jonathan Chait's point, I put AOC's DNC address into readability formulas to see what the score would be:
It's definitely college graduate level language, for the most part.
But what happens if you put in Michelle Obama's speech?
So AOC's language was definitely more geared towards college graduate-language whereas Michelle Obama's speech used language that was more accessible. What about Bernie Sanders?
Readability formulas have their critics but I used a bunch of different ones and they generally do give you a clue about what level of education a text is aimed at. So broadly speaking, @jonathanchait is right. But Michelle Obama would've been a better comparison for alternative.
The important thing about these formulas is they don't show you what is "better" -- that is for you to decide based on audience, what you're trying to convey, etc. But they do show accessibility. Obama's speech was the most accessible, then Sanders, then AOC.