Clinton: It's My Fault Trump is President

[LisaM]

101. I think it lies with us, too. I'm ashamed of myself.

I don't think I was a big enough - or articulate enough - advocate for her. I backed down too much with the Bernie faction, including some in my own family. I couldn't keep emotions out of it.

The fact of how much I failed her haunts me. I should have been braver, calmer, better prepared to take people on, you name it.

I don't think it's just me - I think a lot of us were put in a defensive position, and a lot of us hid our views. We were talking at my all- women book club a few days ago about the time in about March 2016 when it transpired that all of us were supporting Hillary - and all of us were afraid to even say it in our own close-knit book club, because we were afraid of being harassed. In my case, it goes back to 2008 when I just put my Hillary button in my coat pocket and held on to it like a talisman because I was too chicken-hearted to stand up for her.

I FAILED HER.