It does little good to argue that Clinton, as measured by actual vote counts, won the election. By the outdated rules of the US Constitution she lost and the worst possible candidate won. Still, this point needs making -- that he was not, by democratic rules, legitimately elected. The problem is the US is an approximation of democracy.
The Democrats, led by Obama, have behaved properly, and not questioned the results and wished Trump the best.
Now, what happened? Well the polls showed Clinton winning, so we have to assume it was the FBI behavior, both the "finding" of new tapes that weren't new and then the quick "decision" that there was nothing there to prosecute (which of course there wasn't) that flipped enough voters in key states.
That the FBI could not defend what it did was plain, so what happened next was a neat trick, overwhelmed by the seeming political decision to back off. I see Putin is delighted, and thinks it was his activity (I think this is not likely but he probably did what he could to help).
I think we can also attach some blame to Sanders. His behavior during the primaries forced Clinton to go further to the left than a lot of more centrist voters (such as myself) were comfortable with. Then he took his good sweet time coming around -- it is plain the man has too much ego to be a leader and that his policy prescriptions are not acceptable to the American people. Look at how Colorado voted for Clinton but rejected Sander's ballot proposition.
In the end, "big lie" propaganda worked, overcoming the fear and distaste for the boorish behavior and obvious incompetence. The idea that the Clintons are "criminals" (an absurdity or they would long ago have been brought to task, in spite of repeated Republican efforts to do this) was repeated over and over and over, with the flimsiest evidence but lots of loud repeating.
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