Here's a short story:

(CNN)How do Republicans try to breathe new life into an old scandal? We've seen it time and time again. Here's how it works: 

Step One: Republicans, with nothing in their arsenal to use against Hillary Clinton, selectively leak to reporters a "scandalous" tidbit -- often one that has been previously reported. 

Step Two: The new media bites. 

Step Three: The media hyperventilates and suffocates the airwaves with repetition of the same story. 

Step Four: Upon further examination, the story falls apart. 

This is exactly how the latest media hype, this time over Hillary Clinton's use of emails at the State Department, has played out. And it presents yet another chapter in the Benghazi hoax. 

The New York Times story about Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account at the State Department is a perfect example of "gotcha" journalism, where reporters will take any bait the Republicans give them without proper vetting. The New York Times has a history of this. (Whitewater, anyone?) 

The Times story suggests Secretary Clinton broke federal rules in relation to her email. But the Times' main source for this allegation says Clinton violated no laws. 

Yes, Clinton used a private email account to communicate while she was secretary of state. But so did secretaries of state before her. According to the State Department spokesman Marie Harf, John Kerry is the first secretary of state ever to rely primarily on official State Department email. 

Clinton asks State to release emails: What you need to know 

In October 2014, 18 months after Clinton left, the State Department was engaged in the process of updating its records preservation policies. The State Department asked every secretary of state dating back to Madeleine Albright to provide records, including emails, from their time in office. Clinton responded to the State Department's request for emails, providing the department with over 55,000 pages of emails. She did so months ago. Clinton has been fully transparent and has asked the State Department for these emails to be made public.  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: What political party is the article about?
Guess: Republicans

Question: Who are they targeting?
Guess: Hillary Clinton

Question: What is the second step?
Guess: The new media bites

Question: Does the story hold water?
Guess: nothing in their arsenal

Question: What newspaper wrote a piece about her?
Guess: New York Times

Question: What is the type of reporting called?
Guess: gotcha

Question: Is this a typical thing for this newspaper?
Guess: yes

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: Did she break the law?

no