The political process starts with lots of Presidential hopefuls and winds its way to November when there are 2 candidates with a chance, 1 or more candidates with no chance, and ultimately a winner is determined.
Blame and credit are assigned willy nilly - and can be pretty much ignored because most are completely useless hysterical gum-flapping.
I will a while longer before I decide who's to blame for Hillary's failure to capitalize on her early inevitability.