It’s hard to say how well I would take it if I lost an election to Trump. I’d certainly be devastated, maybe even suicidal, when faced with the knowledge that Americans prefer Trump to me. It’s hard to imagine anything more humiliating for someone in her position. She is obviously psychologically “managing” it by dropping into a sort of self-defense “justification” mode. It’s not uncommon, although all it does is further tarnish her image.
Hillary’s image doesn’t need to be tarnished. Not counting Trump since he isn’t a politician, she was the most hated politician in the country in 2016. I don’t get why people that hate Trump don’t hate her too. She’s the reason he won. If the Democrats had run Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Taylor then it would have been a sure Democrat victory.
EDIT: I actually meant to type Elizabeth Warren, but I’ll leave it as is since it made me laugh.