Exactly.

In the states that actually matter, Hillary drew more Trump voters to the polls than Hillary voters. It doesn't particularly matter that she won landslide victories in states where Democrats always win landslide victories.

In 2016, both parties tried to throw the election, and the Democrats succeeded.

The lesson (that should have been) learned is that a blue state Democrat can't win if the red states are united. The solution is pretty straightforward: find a red state Democrat, and suddenly the former swing states that went red 20 years ago are now in play again.