She had to run, and she had to hang in there, in order to extort payola to the Clinton Foundation.
She had to run to avoid cement shoes...she took money from some baaaad people.
Hillary's 2016 run was nothing more than a show of good faith to the despots, globalists, and assorted dark figures who'd already dumped tens of millions into the Clinton Foundation.
They all paid in advance for future political favors and access to the assumed future president.