2016 Postmortem

than Pres Obama did in 2012, and they're still counting. You're also saying Trump received 4 million more votes than HRC, and that is simply not true.

Hillary Clinton received the 3rd largest popular vote in US History.

2016...Hillary Clinton........64,817,808.....Donald Trump........62,510,659
2012...Barack Obama........65,899,660.....Mitt Romney..........60,932,152
2008...Barack Obama........69,456,897.....John McCain..........59,934,814
2004...George W. Bush .....62,040,610.....John Kerry.............59,028,439
2000...Al Gore.................50,999,897.....George W. Bush......50,456,002
1996...Bill Clinton.............45,590,703.....Bob Dole...............37,816,307
1992...Bill Clinton.............44,909,326.....George H.W. Bush...39,103,882
1988...George H.W. Bush...48,886,597.....Michael Dukakis......41,809,476

http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president

http://2012election.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=004332

And yes HRC had negatives. They were born of 30 years of RW slander, lies and media culpability. The whole "lesser of 2 evil" meme to make the election a horserace to pump up ratings and have something to discuss and analyze "ad nauseum" everyday. Tell me one time the "news" actually talked about issues, HRC's plans vs Trump's plans. Or the fact he wouldn't let the press ride on his plane, while HRC did and spoke with them everyday. Press gave Trump a pass while nailing HRC to the cross.

And of course there were other factors:

Her Latino vote was far greater than for Trump, but fell 5% below Pres Obama only in 2012, exceeded 2008.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/29/hillary-clinton-wins-latino-vote-but-falls-below-2012-support-for-obama/

Don't forget that Section 4 of Voting Rights Act Struck Down By the Supreme Court in 2013, allow many states with large minority populations to make voting less accessible to minorities, students and the elderly. Thousands of voting places were closed, ridiculous regulations /requirements for voting IDs were instituted. This had a major impact on minority turnout. But where is the media reporting on this shameful Jim Crow activity.

So yes we can say HRC's negatives did her in, but then we'd be ignoring a whole lot of other factors.