RT: Now that Donald Trump has beaten Hillary Clinton to become the president-elect of the United States, speculation has begun about what went so wrong in the Clinton campaign.
A hacker changed the world.
Be kind to the Internet.
Be kind to truth-tellers.
Stop special interests.
Stop corruption.@realDonaldTrump— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) November 9, 2016
Clearly, one issue cannot be blamed entirely for Clinton’s political demise. However, the impact of hackers and whistleblowers on this campaign was unlike anything seen before in a US election and forced the Clinton camp to spend many trail hours on the defensive.
Republicans and Russian hackers have made Hillary Clinton the most transparent candidate in history https://t.co/F3Spbm8z2z
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) November 2, 2016
WikiLeaks’ onslaught of almost 60,000 leaked emails from Clinton’s campaign chair John Podesta engulfed the campaign every day for a month in the run up to election day, and exposed some embarrassing inner workings of the campaign.
Mrs. Clinton didn't Just run against Donald Trump,she ran against Wiki-Leaks.She ran against Russia. She ran against Jim Comey & FBI.😭😭😭
— CASSANDRA MILLS (@CEOMills) November 9, 2016
One of the most damaging Clinton controversies came in the form of her infamous use of a private email server to send and receive classified documents during her time as secretary of state.
Keep in mind #Wikileaks showed that the Clinton Campaign chose to PROP UP #Trump in the GOP primaries. #RedactedElection
— Lee Camp [Redacted] (@LeeCamp) November 9, 2016
Another damaging revelation came from the WikiLeaks’ release of emails from key members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Leaked emails showed inner party strategizing to support Clinton and hamper her party rival Bernie Sanders during the primary campaign.
The scandal of the leaked emails unfolded publicly online and shadowed Clinton throughout her White House run.
Senate hearings, messy FBI investigations, rumors of cover-up operations, server wipes and admissions of an “extremely careless” use of technology, all created an air of secrecy and lack of trustworthiness around the presidential hopeful.
If anything, the shock result has all-but solidified the power of whistleblowers and ‘hacktivists’ such as Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, Anonymous and Guccifer, who have proved to be influential in exposing the flawed US establishment as a whole – which many believe Clinton represented.
