I think thats it entirely. I'd be very curious what their model had if anything for rural/urban voters. It could be that even if she knew there was very little

I think thats it entirely. I'd be very curious what their model had if anything for rural/urban voters. It could be that even if she knew there was very little support amongst rural voters, she as a candidate had no way at all to pivot her strategy towards these voters without alienating doners and her base. Trump ran as the face of rural voters - every attack Clinton made became an attack on people who agreed with him. Perhaps not agreeing with every single outrage, but general statements such as "he's just a racist" were something that the rural voter had heard over and over again as a way to dismiss them. Trump turned the attacks into a provocation of his base.