There’s no way to define in words a clear cut explanation of who has Daas Torah. Maybe the rabbi in the corner shul, being a talmid chochom, is the same Daas Torah as Rav Shteinman? How do you explain why he is not? You know it when you see it. When the world accepts someone as one of the greats in the Torah world, he is Daas Torah. And he is greater than other talmidei chachomim.
