Hillary Clinton never misses an opportunity to namedrop in her new book. Readers will be reminded that she was a cool candidate, the kind who joked around with Kate McKinnon on SNL, who went on tour with Beyoncé and Jay-Z, and who has her very own Hollywood stylist.

During the campaign, an oddly prescient Lena Dunham of HBO fame wondered if all the celebrity endorsement would end up “hurting her chances of winning.” It certainly didn’t help. On Election Day, an academy full of A-list celebrities couldn’t outshine a blustering B-List blowhard. So, what’s with all of Clinton’s namedropping?

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