Well, wasn't it? You sure wrote stories like it was.
But in the end it was up to her to win it or lose it.
A few months back a runner fell down in a race and another runner helped that runner to cross the finish line.
Hillary Clinton was like that runner -- if the runner went on to blame the helper for not getting her across the finish line before everybody else.
Of course, it was. They just need to feign neutrality for the 20% or so of the population who is so dense to believe they actually are . . .