I believe that they had a two pronged strategy where they flip a state our two with a recount, even have the state miss the deadline. Then they work really hard to flip some of the remaining delegates. Then they throw out that CIA scheme, where they tell everybody Trump won because of Russia.
If Trump had not acted so well since winning the election, you could see the press getting on board as well. With Obama, the CIA, the press, and a flipped state or two. They might have a chance.
0 says Russia didn’t mess with the election:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3504421/posts?page=1#1