To be fair, she used twitter bots herself, colluded with the media, took over the democratic party before the nomination, and the election fraud of Bush over Gore was way more blatant. But in principle you are right.
I don't know and judge HRC as a human being. I am sure she felt morally compelled to do everything she could to increase her chances of winning because she thought she would be the best president, and she was very resourceful.