Last week, at the 8th annual Women in the World Summit, Hillary Clinton linked her election loss to her success and ambition. She claimed, "the more successful and therefore ambitious a woman is, the less likable she becomes."

Clinton certainly had a likability problem during her presidential campaign, but it was due to her untrustworthiness, which she never overcame in the polls with the American public. With her email scandal looming large over her campaign, she saw her support drop. The email scandal and the ensuing investigation that plagued Clinton, along with the spotlight on the ethics of the Clinton Foundation, painted her as distrustful. Her likability had nothing to do with her ambition and success as a woman but with how she conducted herself when she held positions of power.

There are plenty of men and women (myself included) who are ready to see a female president in the White House. Unfortunately, Clinton wasn't the right person for the job. Clinton was a terribly flawed candidate, and the election was hers to lose. Even with the amount of gaffes, unfavorability and missteps of the Trump campaign she was still not able to overcome her untrustworthiness perception.

Let's remember she was so unpopular that a 74-year-old socialist proved to be a major threat to her during the primary season, taking the wind out of the sails of her campaign. Clinton went into the general election tattered and torn and had to desperately pander to a base she lost touch with – her greatest downfall.

Additionally, Clinton was faced with blunders of her own – one in particular cost her big time. When she participated in a CNN Townhall in March she said as president she was going to "put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business." This comment haunted Clinton throughout the rest of the campaign specifically with blue-collar voters, who ultimately gave Trump the presidency.