At some point (the fall?) Hillary became detached from reality.
The alcoholism, the handlers and the crafted image were all to protect her from being exposed as not the person who was really running the show.
Hillary never seemed to be in charge of her campaign. Podesta, Mills, Abedin and others were running the show.
Hillary was a prop.
I think they were all telling her what to do and when to do it.
I wonder if she was even aware that she was being given the debate questions in advance or if she thought it was really good debate prep?
I do not want to make her a sympathetic character, because she is not. She has a dark heart and is on an evil quest for money and power, regardless of anything.
However, I believe she was so detached and isolated in the campaign that she really did not know what was going on daily.
I am sure her handlers only gave her positive news because she could not handle negative news.
That is why she lost her mind the night of the election and did not have the honor to call Trump.
You summed it up nicely.
Or address her pathetic supporters.