Hillary is now explaining her loss and it has little to nothing to do with her candidacy but is mostly because of things beyond her control.
1. Russian Hacking: The Russians "meddled with our election." Specifics were not offered, instead simply hinting at the ongoing story that has failed to find any link.
2. Misogyny: Americans hate women. "That has to be admitted," she says. It isn't her they hate, but women in general. Does that mean that McCain lost in 2008 and Mondale in 1984 because misogynists couldn't handle a woman as vice president? Also, didn't she win the popular vote? Is misogyny limited to certain swing states?
3. FBI Director Comey: Darn that Comey for reopening the case less than 2 weeks before the election. Her private server and detailed work emails had already been covered. That more emails were found on Anthony Weiner's laptop was a poor excuse to reopen the case.
4. WikiLeaks: How dare Julian Assange publish John Podesta's emails! Sure, they were all true and exposed the double dealing and coordination with the media but the voters had no right to know that, especially since it reflected so poorly on Hillary and her campaign.
Missing in her list of reasons why she lost is any introspection beyond "things I could have done better." Might that be a reference to her 'deplorables' comment? While Trump was constantly on the campaign trail and filling stadiums, Hillary was taking weekends off to rest and barely filling high school gyms. Hillary lacked either Trump's or her husband's charisma. Points 3 and 4 are self-inflicted and yet she pretends they were outside her control. To those not in denial, it is clear that Hillary was the problem, not her listed external factors. She was a terrible candidate who only looked acceptable because Donald Trump was the other candidate.
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