Story highlights Bernie Sanders said he felt Clinton was likely to win

He promised to work with Trump on several issues that unite them

(CNN) Bernie Sanders said Thursday that he was surprised as anybody by Hillary Clinton's loss, saying he felt she had a two-to-one chance of winning before Election Day.

But Clinton's chief rival for the Democratic nomination was in no mood to question Clinton's campaign or whether he himself could have fared better in a general election. Asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer whether he would've brought Democrats to the White House, Sanders smiled before bellowing.

"What good does it do now?" Sanders said. "I don't think it makes a whole lot of sense to do Monday-morning-quarterbacking right now. The election is over. Donald Trump won."

Sanders said he felt Clinton was likely to win, but acknowledged that Trump had made a connection with working-class voters that kept him competitive.

He said he had not yet phoned Clinton to discuss the race, and acknowledged, "I owe her a call."

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