No, the claim had no qualification that they were omitting all other candidates from the totals and stating the percentages of the total votes for just those tw

No, the claim had no qualification that they were omitting all other candidates from the totals and stating the percentages of the total votes for just those two candidates (a contortion they had never used before, not even in 2000). They simply stated that Clinton had won 50.4% of the popular vote (exact wording: "Popular vote For Clinton 50.4% ... For Trump 49.6%"). It wasn't until sometime after the 16th that it was accurately restated. Perhaps the original edition can be found on the Wayback Machine, but this page was pointed out on HN at the time.