Dan Bongino: Hillary Lost Because She 'Was Awful' Candidate

Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election because she was a terrible candidate, not because of Russian involvement, former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino told Newsmax TV.

During an appearance on "The Steve Malzberg Show," Bongino said Clinton's complaints about losing to Donald Trump because of outside factors are efforts to save herself and her family's foundation.

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"Hillary Clinton was probably the worst Democratic candidate we've had for president since Walter Mondale. She was awful," Bongino said. "Everywhere she fought Trump one on one in the Electoral College strategy, which is the only strategy to win by the way. Everywhere she lost.

"Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, she was awful and she's looking for an excuse to salvage her career and salvage the Clinton Foundation."

Bongino added that President Barack Obama's refusal to take action against Russian hacking during his presidency led to the alleged hacks of Democratic computers during this year's election cycle.

"Obama let it go because he needed leverage with the Russians and Iran and in Syria," said Bongino, a contributing editor of Conservative Review. "He didn't care about it then, but now all of a sudden that his chosen candidate Hillary Clinton gets smoked in the general election, now America should go to war with the Russians because they care so much now about Russian hacks. This is beyond absurd with them."

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