Former first lady Michelle Obama has struck out at President Donald Trump, questioning how so many women voted for the less-qualified male candidate over the "most qualified person running," former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, in 2016.

"In light of this last election, I'm concerned about us, as women, and what we think about ourselves and about each other," Obama said on Saturday while speaking at the United State of Women summit in Los Angeles, according to CNN.

"What is going on in our heads where we let that happen. So I do wonder what are young girls dreaming about, if we're still there?"

She then said: "When the most qualified person running was a woman and look what we did instead, I mean, that says something about where we are, if we as women are still suspicious of one another, if we still have this crazy, crazy bar that we don't have for men ... if we're not comfortable with the notion that a woman could be our president, compared to what?"

According to CNN's exit polls, over half of white women voters backed Trump over Clinton in 2016, along with one quarter of Latina women. Only 4 percent of black women voted for Trump.

In her address, Obama stated that young girls are "taught to be perfect," and are still being held to a higher standard than men.

"I wish that girls could fail as bad as men do and be okay, because let me tell you, watching men fail up, it is frustrating to see a lot of men blow it and win," she said.

Obama then shot down the idea that she might run for president in 2020, saying, "That's not the answer either. When I hear people say 'you run,' it's part of the problem. We still didn't get 'Yes, we can' right. It's not, 'Yes, you can,' it's 'Yes, we can.' And until we get that right, it doesn't matter who runs."

She added: "Looking for the next person to run ... that's been our distraction."