Clinton had the same issue. No one went to her rally. There was no way she had that many votes.
Biden did worse and somehow he had the highest record number of votes. Har har.
Remember the Democratic primary in Iowa? They failed with their voting app and had all sort of glitches that pushed Biden to win the nomination.
There aren't many good things I can say about Hillary but at least she's smarter than Biden.
It seems more that they were certain they would be able to frame President Trump as a traitor and Russian agent, and that destroying his presidency would be a more effective means of demoralizing his base than simply denying it to exist in the first place.
The "insurance policy." Also, Democrats are used to spineless, ball-less Republicans. Fortunately for us, President Donald J. Trump is not a Republican.