The aides stuck around for the payoff of power and influence they hoped to acquire after the election.
So sure of a Hillary win, her aides stuck around through thick and thin amid the surmounting Clinton debacles.
There was of course a Big Payoff.... astronomical paychecks, perks, pensions, power and influence ....all of it entitlements the self-absorbed groupies felt were theirs.
She was not supposed to lose. The billionaire Clintons had bought and paid for everything in sight including the media, foreign influence, voting blocs.....you name it, they bought it.
It does explain the inexplicable....why Hillary could actually disdain Americans and call them deplorable.
These same derided people voted for Trump.