I believe that her doofus wardrobe played a small part in setting her up for the election loss.
Only a small part but that is all it took.
Here is my reasoning:
It is apparent that her unusual and goofy wardrobe is custom tailored to hide or disguise something.
Not only does it create a bad visual image but it creates curiosity as to why she would dress in such a manner.
We, the public can only guess, but we aren't stupid.
Her tent-like smocks are almost certainly related to a medical issue or physical condition.
Yet she and her PR staff kept up the pretense that she had no major medical issues.
But putting it together the public figured out she was lying again: the wardrobe, the tripping, falling and fainting,
the Dr. in constant attendance, the disappearance from campaigning for days on end all lead to the same conclusion.
So her denial just adds to the existing widespread view that she is a liar and deceitful as well as hiding something important.
I think it is likely she would have come out ahead by being more transparent.
The public would be more sympathetic to her if she was truthful about her condition than hearing her tell another blatant and obvious lie.
But it worked out nicely that while dodging accountability for her big lies she torpedoed herself with little lies.
I agree with you. Yeah, that footage of her going down like a deflated air mattress on 9/11/16 was very damaging, I think. But then she emerged all fresh and lovely just a little while later from Chelsea’s apartment...that just caused speculation that she had a body double, which, in turn, inspired countless memes depicting her as a bed-ridden senior citizen and the like.
And yes, her odd, frumpy wardrobe did nothing to help her. She could have had anything custom made, so why go with smocks and “psych ward wear”? She just succeeded in highlighting her age and lack of physical fitness.
Terrible candidate! It’s amazing she got even as many votes as she did.