Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emerged from her week-long seclusion to accept an honor from the Children’s Defense Fund in Washington DC Wednesday night. Clearly the event (which was scheduled and announced months ago) was expected to feature “President-elect Clinton” performing a victory lap at the non-profit organization where she began her career so many decades ago.

The American electorate changed that narrative thus resulting in a low-key, almost depressing affair:

Clinton: There were a few times this week "when all I wanted to was just to curl up…and never leave the house again" https://t.co/anYF50x6dx

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 17, 2016

Our friends at Twitchy have categorized some of the more entertaining and snarky responses to Hillary’s “curl-up” comment:

https://twitter.com/AceaHuck/status/799071204841783296

https://twitter.com/kimessteel/status/799070654872043526

https://twitter.com/renda_beltzer/status/799240945061347328

And some were feeling her pain:

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/798697657367662592

However, probably the most notable response came from Bloomberg News correspondent Jennifer Epstein:

Hillary Clinton showed tonight, yet again, that she'll just keep going, no matter how devastating the setback https://t.co/0y6BEePDaE

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) November 17, 2016

That’s some hard-hitting analysis there, Bloomberg. Perhaps you should take the “News” out of your company’s name.

Hillary did leave her adoring and sorrowful audience with an upbeat message of sorts:

"Believe in our country, fight for our values…never, ever give up," Clinton says in first speech since election loss https://t.co/XpCa5sQLD6 pic.twitter.com/1MsV0hnexm

— ABC News (@ABC) November 17, 2016