Politics is a dirty business. And it doesn't get any dirtier than the race for US President. The truth remains that there was no smoking gun to incriminate Clinton, but winning an election is all about perception. That's how it always goes and the GOP have mastered the game. 

I was surprised it worked, since the GW Bush administration used private email servers (Google gwb43.com) and deleted an estimated 22 million messages covering the months leading up to the Iraq invasion. I guess Trump's ardent supporters have found a way to forget that.