A tie is still pathetic for her considering that she's basically destroying and demonizing Trump on the airwaves and outspending him 10-1.
Most candidates don't have to deal with have the crap Hillary does. And what I mean by that is, most candidates don't have years long Congressional investigations that lead to FBI investigations that lead to basically a non-stop staggered release of documents/emails/etc and the like all the way up to election day. Trump has been more subdued lately while more and more damaging stuff about Clinton continues to come out.
She is damaged goods, and there is only so much ads can do, even if you spend far more than the opponent. My point is, given the circumstances, I don't know if I'd call it pathetic. Trump is despicable and incompetent for sure, but Clinton has problems that are apparently nearly as bad but in a different regard. If she didn't have the emails/FBI/foundation issues, I suspect things would be quite different right now.
