Hillary Clinton was extremely unpopular. If she lost the country in 2016, is it so hard to believe that she lost the nomination in 2008 to “the first Black president?” Plus, it was Clinton who cheated. She got the debate questions from Donna Brazille.
Obama was involved in the surveillance of Trump, but the intelligence and enforcement agencies of the government were more than willing to do that on their own.
Trump lucked out when he ran against Hillary in 2016.