Absolutely it is possible that Russia was doing all this , but I think what lost Hilary the election was the hypocrisy of the left who say the abhor things like racism , sexism , homophobia etc then brand anyone who speaks against them with tags like racist , bigot , misogynist etc essentially labelling groups of people just like racists , sexists etc do refusing on this basis to listen to their critics , treating people with a different opinion as ' lesser human beings '. Additionally the Russians didn ' t make Hillary set up a private server , unlawfully delete 1000 s of emails , take money from dubious foreign powers , provide weapons to Saudi Arabia whilst knowing that they clandestinely support ISIS , etc , etc .