Honestly, I still think that’s a pretty terrible answer when your entire campaign messaging has been, “Democracy will end if you elect this man.” I think if he had said something like, “I understand the stakes of this election, I would feel horrible if I lost and let the American people down, but it less than 5 months to the election and I am the best positioned candidate to defeat him,” that would have been a much more reasonable answer. It would have been wrong (clearly), but at least it wouldn’t have sounded like he was losing a little league game.