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Clinton has reportedly asked her former aides to meet with outside strategists and consultant to identify the key elements that cost her the presidency. Following Donald Trump’s historical win, Democrats claimed Russian hackers and FBI Director James Comey had helped the billionaire win. According to Clinton aides, Mr Comey’s announcement that the FBI had reopened their investigation into her private emails had cost her important votes.

GETTY Hillary Clinton makes an appearance at a stamp dedication ceremony last month

It wasn’t fun for the people who had to sit through it Inside source

While the outlook has not reportedly changed, according to a source of TheHill.com, the former Secretary of State had been reaching out to donors, associates and friends to get their views on her loss. The latest meeting is said to have been “an attempt to dot all the i's and cross all the t’s”. The source added: “But I don’t think anyone learned all that much.” Another ally said: “It wasn’t fun for the people who had to sit through it.”

GETTY Hillary Clinton standing next to former President George Bush at Donald Trump's inauguration

GETTY Clinton is said to still be asking why she lost the presidential election

According to audio obtained by the New York Times Clinton previously told donors that Russian President Vladimir Putin had caused further outrage towards her campaign. In the audio clip, she allegedly said: “Putin publicly blamed me for the outpouring of outrage by his own people… that is the direct line between what he said back then and what he did in this election.” Clinton is said to be not be obsessing about the loss according to another source, and is much better than two months ago when she is said to have struggled with the defeat.

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But the former First Lady has taken to Twitter to hit out at the Trump administration on a number occasions. In one tweet, last month, she wrote: “With threat and hate crimes on rise, we shouldn’t have to tell POTUS [President of the United States] to do his part[sic].” While in another tweet some people allege she was taunting Trump with “3-0” after the appeals court refused to reinstate the President’s immigration ban.

GETTY Hillary Clinton is said to have struggled over losing the presidency to Donald Trump