Hillary's last hurrah: Clinton greets her campaign staff one last time, admitting the last few days have been 'very, very tough' as it's claimed she was 'inconsolable' after crushing defeat to Trump 

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Days after losing the presidential election, Hillary Clinton emerged on Friday night at a party for her campaign staff in New York after acknowledging earlier that the last few days have been 'very, very tough'.

Clinton was cheered by her staff members as she walked on stage during the event at The Marriott hotel, close to her campaign headquarters in Brooklyn. 

Her husband, Bill, daughter Chelsea, campaign chairman John Podesta and top aide Huma Abedin were standing close by as they also clapped for her. 

As her staff started chanting her name, she stood there and admired the crowd of people cheering her on, while also saying 'thank you so much'. 

She also said she had 1,200 roses delivered to her home on Friday and that she brought them to the event for everyone to have. 

While speaking to the crowd, she begged them to keep fighting for what's right.

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Goodbye?: Days after losing the presidential election, Hillary Clinton (above) emerged on Friday night at a party for her campaign staff in New York after acknowledging earlier that the last few days have been 'very, very tough'

Clinton (above) was cheered by her staff members as she walked on stage during the event. Her husband, Bill, daughter Chelsea, and top aide Huma Abedin were standing close by as they also clapped for her

'I love you and will be forever grateful to you and I hope that our paths will cross in someways over the months and years to come,' Clinton told her staffers. 

'But tonight it's really my chance to say thank you, thank you for everything you have done for me, for our common mission, our campaign that I'm so proud of. 

'And have a good time tonight and then regroup and think about what we can do to make sure that we prove love trumps hate.'

Both her husband and Podesta were reportedly crying as she spoke on stage. 

Earlier in the day during a 15-minute call with staff members and volunteers across the country, she explained that the election loss has taken an emotional toll on her.

'I'm not going to sugarcoat it: These have been very, very tough days,' Clinton said. 

As her staff started chanting her name, she stood there and admired the crowd of people cheering her on, while also saying 'thank you so much' at the beginning of the party

After speaking to her staff on stage, she mixed in with the crowd at the party on Friday. She also hugged some of the people who have worked tirelessly for her over the past few years during her pursuit of the White House

'This is a tough time for our country. I think we have seen how people have been reacting to the events of this election and I know we have got to be reaching out to each other to keep it clear in our own minds that what we did is so important.

'It looks like we are on the path to winning the popular vote, and that says volumes about the importance of your work and the lasting impact it will have.'

She thanked her supporters for all of the hard work they put into her campaign as it was 'one of the greatest honors' of her life. 

The former first lady also encouraged them to remain politically active.  

'This is a hard loss for all of us because we know what was at stake in this election and we have to do everything we can to continue to support the causes we believe in,' the former secretary of state said. 

'When you're ready, I hope you will get up and back in there and keep fighting.'

After learning about her shocking loss to President-elect Donald Trump, Clinton reportedly 'couldn't stop crying.'

Earlier in the day on Friday, some of her staff members were able to pose in a pictured with her top aide, Huma Abedin (pictured above center) 

The group also posed for a picture with Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta (pictured above center)

Best-selling conservative author Ed Klein told Newsmax TV that once the former first lady learned she had really lost to Trump, she called one of her friends crying. 

'About 6:30 this morning she called an old friend,' he said while appearing on 'The Steve Malzberg Show' on Wednesday. 

'She was crying, inconsolably. She couldn't stop crying.

'Her friend said — her female friend from way, way, back — said that it was even hard to understand what she was saying, she was crying so hard.

'This is Hillary we're talking about.'

Klein did not reveal who her longtime female friend was during the interview, but he also revealed Clinton apparently blamed FBI Director James Comey for her stunning loss.  

'Eventually her friend said she could make out that she was blaming James Comey, the director of the FBI, for her loss — and this I don't understand exactly — and the president of the United States for not doing enough,' Klein stated.  

Painful: After learning about her shocking loss to President-elect Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton (pictured left) reportedly 'couldn't stop crying' conservative author Ed Klein (right) claims

Marked contrast: On Thursday, Clinton appeared to have the weight of the campaign lifted from her shoulders as she posed with a hiker near her Chappaqua home (above)

'She said: 'Well, she felt, Hillary felt, that the president could have stopped Comey a long time ago, because that's what (former President) Bill (Clinton) said.'

Eleven days before the election, Comey reopened the FBI investigation into her private email server, but concluded that she would not face any charges on Sunday. 

It soon was revealed that the FBI had come across thousands of additional emails related to Clinton while investigating the laptop of disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, who is married to Abedin, though the two are now estranged.

As DailyMail.com reported, Weiner, who quit Congress after a sexting scandal, allegedly sent inappropriate messages to an underage girl.

After the FBI bombshell, Abedin was suddenly off Clinton's campaign plane for several days, missing high-profile campaign events in swing states with Jennifer Lopez, March Anthony, Beyonce, and Jay Z.

But she re-emerged to hold a Washington D.C. fundraiser with Vogue editor Anna Wintour on the Friday before the election where she was photographed smiling.

Then, just two days before the election, Comey announced that the FBI had found nothing to change its earlier conclusion not to prosecute Clinton – essentially leaving her off the hook, as far as the investigation is concerned.

It was Comey 'who we think may have cost us the election,' campaign chair John Podesta said on a post-election campaign conference call, The Hill reported.

Abedin was back on the plane for Clinton's final flights, which had the feel of a victory lap as singer Jon Bon Jovi hitched a ride between campaign events and Abedin laughed at the front of the plane. 

Breaking down: Huma Abedin was crying as she walked to the Clinton campaign headquarters, carrying the access credential for the Brooklyn offices

The dream is over: Abedin, who has only ever worked for Hillary Clinton, was back at the campaign headquarters for the first time. She was its vice-chair and seen as the most important of her personal retinue

The 40-year-old  was pictured weeping openly in the street on Friday as she returned to the place where the Democratic candidate's campaign was fought - and lost.

Abedin looked like she had the weight of the world on her shoulders as she visited the campaign headquarters of the failed presidential candidate – after her own stumbles and her husband's sexting habits helped contribute to Clinton's historic defeat.

Abedin ventured out of her Manhattan apartment and went to the office three days after President-elect Donald Trump shocked the world by defeating Clinton.

She approached the tall building with stunning views which had until Tuesday been filled with staff an volunteers carrying a bag and a purse.

The pain and emotion of the situation were clearly visible on the face of the long-time loyalist, despite the dark large-frame sunglasses that covered her eyes.

It isn't known what's in store for the longtime Clinton aide now that her boss isn't going to the White House.