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Maybe she just wanted some happy news in an otherwise lackluster, poorly-run campaign. This nomination was hers to lose, and HR Clinton lost it. She entered the race with every possible advantage a candidate could've had, and squandered those advantages shockingly early in the game. What's worse, as things soured for her, the conduct of her campaign got even worse.
Weirdly, she amply demonstrated in her choice of advisers and her strategic and tactical stumbles why she is definitely not the right person for the job of president. If the conduct of a campaign is a good window into the management style of a candidate, HR Clinton blew that, too.
She was Queen Inevitable last year, before the votes were cast, and it's been downhill ever since. That she's even pinning her hopes on Puerto Rico at this late stage of the game says tons about the prospects of her campaign. Even loaning herself another chunk of money isn't going to cut it. She's lost. Now the question is whether she'll be able to find an iota of grace (so far absent in her campaign; she's got plenty of will, not so much grace) that will compel her to step aside and concede defeat.
