Analysis of the popular vote in the 2016 US election clearly demonstrates that Clinton received 2.9 Million more votes, and through the democratic principle of one person - one vote should have been the victor.  

Glad that you also brought up the issue of fake news which wasn't really even mentioned in my original post, but it is clear that Donald Trump also was the clear beneficiary of fake Internet news as well as promoted by Russian spear phishing groups such as Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear.  

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/14/fake-news-donald-trump-election-alt-right-social-media-tech-companies