Why would she not be able to rig it in 08 ? She had the same amount of pull in the DNC . You honestly don ' t think her pull increased since ' 08 ? You honestly don ' t think that she learned anything from her loss in ' 08 ? You honestly don ' t think that she did everything she could in ' 16 to win , including Setting up who she thought was her easiest foe Leveraging influence in the Media Leveraging influence with the leader of the DNC her freakin ' campaign manager in ' 08 , who was then given a soft landing after being forced to resign in disgrace to be replaced by an Interim Leader who she also had strong influence over Leveraging influence with the Interim Leader of the DNC who gave her debate questions in advance etc .