{"id":2617449,"date":"2026-06-22T17:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T21:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-years-later-hillary-clinton-is-still-struggling-to-accept-2016-election-results\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T21:21:06","slug":"10-years-later-hillary-clinton-is-still-struggling-to-accept-2016-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-years-later-hillary-clinton-is-still-struggling-to-accept-2016-election-results\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years On, Hillary Clinton Still Struggling To Accept 2016 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F10-years-later-hillary-clinton-is-still-struggling-to-accept-2016-election-results%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2617449&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>hillary Clinton continues to struggle with accepting the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. In an interview for Netflix\u2019s \u201cThe American Experiment,\u201d she criticized the Electoral College, calling it \u201can abomination\u201d as it did not favor her victory-she won the popular vote by 2.9 million but lost the Electoral College to Donald Trump.Clinton frequently blames external factors like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-database-shows-how-bad-your-state-is-at-managing-voter-rolls\/\" title=\"New Database Shows How Bad Your State Is At Managing Voter Rolls\">voter roll errors<\/a> and foreign interference for her loss, rather than her own campaign shortcomings. She has also called for abolishing the Electoral College, advocating for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stand-strong-bob-menendez\/\" title=\"Bob Menendez, stay strong.\">system based solely<\/a> on popular vote, despite its original purpose to prevent majority tyranny and protect smaller states. Critics argue that eliminating the Electoral College would significantly shift political power toward populous states like California and New York,undermining the constitutional balance designed by the founders. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crisis-as-bad-as-2008-democrats-spotlight-consequences-of-a-us-default\/\" title=\"Crisis as Bad as 2008: Democrats Spotlight Consequences of a US Default\">article emphasizes<\/a> that the Electoral College was intentionally created to ensure geographic and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >interest-based diversity<\/a> in presidential elections, and that Clinton\u2019s refusal to accept her defeat reveals her prioritization of personal grievances over constitutional principles.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YKaiakL2aSc>  Storyful News and Weather \/ Youtube <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/22\/10-years-later-hillary-clinton-is-still-struggling-to-accept-2016-election-results\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=10 Years Later, Hillary Clinton Is Still Struggling To Accept 2016 Election Results&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/22\/10-years-later-hillary-clinton-is-still-struggling-to-accept-2016-election-results\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=10 Years Later, Hillary Clinton Is Still Struggling To Accept 2016 Election Results&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/22\/10-years-later-hillary-clinton-is-still-struggling-to-accept-2016-election-results\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/22\/10-years-later-hillary-clinton-is-still-struggling-to-accept-2016-election-results\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=10 Years Later, Hillary Clinton Is Still Struggling To Accept 2016 Election Results&#038;body=Sour grapes!%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/22\/10-years-later-hillary-clinton-is-still-struggling-to-accept-2016-election-results\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Hillary Clinton is still struggling to accept the results of the 2016 election. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/hillary-clinton-blasts-2016-election-trump-electoral-college-netflix-the-american-experiment-1236787120\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a> for Netflix\u2019s \u201cThe American Experiment\u201d docuseries that releases June 24, Clinton calls the Electoral College \u201can abomination for obvious reasons,\u201d Variety reports.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cobvious reason\u201d is that it didn\u2019t work in her favor. Clinton handily lost the Electoral College in 2016, receiving just 227 votes compared to President Donald Trump\u2019s 304. Clinton won the popular vote by 2.9 million votes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-4055182\/Final-tally-shows-Trump-lost-popular-vote-2-8-million-BEAT-Clinton-3-million-votes-outside-California-New-York.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">although only<\/a> thanks to California and New York, states well-documented as <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/press\/pilf-uncovers-alarming-errors-in-californias-voter-rolls-nearly-95000-deceased-registrants-tens-of-thousands-of-duplicates-and-placeholder-birthdates\/\">maintaining <\/a>inaccurate voter rolls and <a href=\"https:\/\/electionscorecard.heritage.org\/pages\/all-state-scores\">sloppy elections<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2290932597\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ever since, Clinton has struggled to accept the results of the 2016 election and keeps blaming everything <em>but<\/em> herself. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/13\/politics\/hillary-clinton-anderson-cooper-electoral-college-cnntv\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Speaking to CNN<\/a> in 2017 Clinton said the Electoral College \u201cneeds to be eliminated\u201d and, \u201cIn a democracy, we should respect the will of the people and to me, that means it\u2019s time to do away with the Electoral College and move to the popular election of our president.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In one case, Clinton <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/10\/26\/four-years-later-bitter-hillary-clinton-claims-2016-election-was-stolen-from-her\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> <em>The New York Times<\/em> podcast that she was \u201cthe candidate that they basically stole an election from.\u201d She\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/transcripts\/551217204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeatedly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/hillary-clinton-fbi-chief-putin-cost-me-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blamed<\/a> foreign interference for her loss \u2014 another unsubstantiated claim.<\/p>\n<p>If Clinton and her party succeed in \u201cabolishing\u201d or \u201celiminating\u201d the Electoral College, then winning California and New York would be all that\u2019s necessary to become president of the entire country. <em>That<\/em>, of course, would fundamentally change the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral College the American founders designed requires more than just regional density to win the presidency. It requires a geographical balance that forces candidates to take into account varying interests, economies, and industries of <em>all<\/em> states rather than just coastal or population-dense states such California and New York.<\/p>\n<p>The docuseries also trotted out Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., to claim that the \u201cfounders themselves were not in love with the Electoral College,\u201d because \u201ca minority of the population, because of the structure of the Electoral College \u2014 in some cases, over the objections of the majority \u2014 is <em>ruling<\/em> the majority.\u201d That\u2019s exactly backwards.<\/p>\n<p>The precise purpose of the Electoral College is to avoid a scenario in which the majority gets to overrule the minority. The Electoral College was designed to prevent the \u201ctyranny of the majority,\u201d as\u00a0James <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/conservatism\/commentary\/preventing-the-tyranny-the-majority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Madison<\/a> warned. Alexander Hamilton defended the Electoral College in <a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/fed68.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federalist 68<\/a>, arguing its process is a safeguard against \u201ccabal, intrigue, and corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Madison warned in <a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/18th_century\/fed10.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federalist No. 10<\/a> that under a \u201cpopular government,\u201d a majority faction could \u201csacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens.\u201d As The Federalist\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/09\/in-calling-for-axing-the-electoral-college-tim-walz-tells-swing-state-voters-to-get-lost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shawn Fleetwood<\/a> pointed out in these pages, the founders would likely have declined to ratify the Constitution without \u201csuch protections for smaller states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Clinton doesn\u2019t care about the Constitution or its framers\u2019 historically grounded concerns for majorities stampeding the rights of minorities. Ten years later, she is still unable to accept the results of the 2016 election precisely because she cares more about herself than she does this country.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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