It is not the hacking, per se, that caused a problem for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats but the information revealed about their thinking and actions in the leaked emails. It is terrible that a foreign government tried to influence our election, but the real damage to the Clinton campaign was self-made. They would like us to focus on the Russians but what the emails revealed has not been denied and this rightfully damning evidence brought down the Clinton candidacy.
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Letter: Clinton damage is self-made
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