The email Pandora’s box has churned out thousands of new emails, suddenly threatening to turn what looked like a smooth sailing campaign for Hillary Clinton into a steeplechase competition.
Now, it appears that both Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump will have to contend with their own sets of hurdles in the White House race all the way until November 8 election.
A spate of developments – FBI disclosure about discovery of nearly 15000 new emails, a Federal Court judge’s order that State Department expedite release of the documents and separate release of hundreds of emails by Clinton aide Huma Abdein – indicate the Democratic candidate’s campaign will have much work to do in the weeks ahead.
After emails reveal that some donors of the Clinton Foundation, run by former president Bill Clinton, sought chief American dipolomat Hillary Clinton’s help on some issues, major American media are analyzing the extent of such interplay and implications for the ongoing campaign.
Clinton used a private email account as secretary of state, and the new emails have been found from her server and the officials with which she corresponded as America’s top diplomat.
Public polls have been viewing Clinton far ahead of Trump. It remains to be seen, how Clinton handles the latest controversy.
Trump, on the other hand, created exclusionary walls by demonizing Muslim, Mexican, women and other immigrant communities.
Although, he is trying to reach out to African Americans and immigrants, he and the GOP face a monumental task of bridging the gulf the 2016 election has widened with acerbic rhetoric. Plus, his secretive financial deals and refusal to reveal tax numbers are also making it harder for people to rally behind Trump.
Polls have revealed how trust issues mar standings of both candidates in the public eye.
To what extent will Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump be able to build trust and win over undecided voters in the weeks ahead could be critical to the outcome of the White House race.
