I wonder if she believed she would win, which could have happened, or if she actually was looking forward to it.
Or if she is, in fact, relieved to have lost.
Her engagement during the political meetings was rather low in term of invested energy, she barely went off the teleprompter apart for these few times when it broke down on her. Which exemplified, yet again, she was unable to improvise and have a genuine and organic message to communicate.
She barely gave any interviews and the ones she gave were then worked around and "twisted" to make her look good (cf. 60 minutes interview).
Her VP was no better if not worse.
Had she won she would have found herself in a position where she has absolutely no safety net. She would have been the one having to make decisions with no possibility to hide. Up until now, and probably in the foreseeable future, she will have the usual powers she used to have: some but not too much; with people above her giving orders.