[Cooper:] Well, for all the news that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton made today, they each went into the day with some well-known and very long running issues surrounding them, a kind of moving backdrop to every daily story everywhere they go. Awhile back, Gary Tuchman asked Trump supporters whether he's ongoing issues affect their view of him. Today, we talked to well, he talked to Hillary Clinton supporters about hers.
[Gary Tuchman, Cnn National Correspondent:] For anybody coming to see Hillary Clinton in Reno, Nevada, there was no escaping the issues that have complicated her candidacy.
[Unidentified Speakers:] We're not with her. We're not with her.
[Tuchman:] A small but loud group of Trump supporters made sure of that. But it only strengthened the resolve of many of the Clinton supporters.
[Jakki Ford, Clinton Supporter:] She's withstood all of the punishment, you know, put upon her for the last 30 years and I support her strongly. I believe in strong, smart women.
[Tuchman:] The continuing Clinton campaign controversies, the e-mails, the Clinton Foundation. Among these strong supporters the overwhelming consensus, she did nothing wrong.
[Unidentified Male:] It's very annoying the way they go on and on and none of it's true.
[John Clevenger, Clinton Supporter:] I think they're looking for something. I don't really think there's anything there. And I'm not worried about it.
[Tuchman:] But even if there is no fire, whose fault is the smoke? These supporters are more flexible about that question.
[Alan Sanchez, Clinton Supporter:] We're all humans. We make mistakes. And she's made some mistakes. She's not the perfect person but we're not all perfect.
[Tuchman:] Some even acknowledge their trust was a bit shaken.
[Rod Sumpter:] Those of us that educate ourselves with regards to Hillary Clinton and all of her efforts over the years can overcome that distrust because we know who she truly is.
[Clinton:] Thank you.
[Tuchman:] One thing Hillary Clinton is right now is someone who avoids news conferences. For almost nine months. These supporters tend not to fault her for that.
[Christine Cremu, Clinton Supporter:] The lack of the press conferences doesn't speak to me as fear. It speaks to me as smarts.
[Tuchman:] In what way?
[Cremu:] Because she wants to keep her environment controlled. That's a smart politician, in my view.
[Tuchman:] Would that be considered maybe a paranoid politician?
[Cremu:] Depends on your view. Perhaps.
[Tuchman:] That's not yours?
[Cremu:] No, of course not.
[Tuchman:] And we had one final question for these Clinton supporters.
[Clinton:] He says he wants to make America great again but more and more it seems as though his real message seems to be make America hate again.
[Tuchman:] A final question on the day Hillary Clinton skewered Trump for, "A steady stream of bigotry." Donald Trump has just called Hillary Clinton a "bigot." When you hear that, what do you think?
[William Barnes, Clinton Supporter:] I think he's talking about Donald Trump, not about Hillary Clinton. If I ever saw a bigot, it's Donald Trump.
[Cooper:] Gary Tuchman joins us now. Gary, did you talk to anyone who expressed concern to you that Hillary Clinton could lose the election because some of these controversies?
[Tuchman:] Anderson, I talked to a lot of Hillary Clinton supporters today and if any of them thought she could lose solely based on the controversies, they weren't admitting it. There was a lot of optimism among Hillary Clinton supporters because of the polling since the Democratic convention. However, there were a number of people I talked to today who feel the election could be much closer than they think it should be because of the controversies. Anderson.
[Cooper:] All right, Gary Tuchman. Gary, thanks very much. Back with the panel. When it comes to, Paul, attacks on the Clinton Foundation, I talked to Secretary Clinton, she called in last night, she said there's smoke and no fire. But, I mean, isn't just the appearance of conflict is in that something that kind of feeds into the untrustworthy narrative about her, the concerns that some voters have?
[Begala:] I don't think there's an appearance. I think that there's look, she's had mistakes, she's had problems. I think the e-mail thing was a mistake and I said it at the very first day it broke. I said everybody in the government have got e-mail. This foundation does such good work. In the whole wide world, there's 17 million people who get antiretroviral drugs to keep them alive with AIDS in the whole world. 11.5 of them get them because of the Clinton Foundation. The majority of children who get ARV drugs keep them alive with AIDS. Get them through the Clinton Foundation. This is a terrific charity. By the way, Mr. Trump himself gave over $100,000 and he was asked...
[Cooper:] But certainly in some voter's minds when they hear, you know, some rich person who gets to have a meeting with Secretary Clinton through the foundation...
[Begala:] The A.P. found I think 85 people who got meetings including Elie Weisel, Muhammad Yunus and other Nobel Peace Prize winners, Melinda Gates. 85...
[Cooper:] Yeah, but there were some rich people with like visa issues or...
[Begala:] But so what? People should get their visas taken care of. But there were 7,000 donors and 85 got meetings. There's a lot of paying without any playing.
[Cooper:] I just don't know how many who get their visas fixed Secretary Clinton herself.
[Begala:] I don't think she fixed visas herself. I think what they do the press loves to do this. Well, she took money from the Saudis, right? But she didn't. She was busy working but the foundation did. Well, of course, they take money from the rich and they use it to help the poor. This offends Republicans who think the world should work the other way around. Donald Trump, for example, takes from the poor and gives to himself.
[Cooper:] Andre?
[Andre Bauer, Trump Supporter:] They want to know that they don't have to donate, whether they donate 10 percent to the church, whether they donate 10 percent to the Clinton Foundation, they want to know that they can see their president. And they see foreign governments that have no interest in most of these issues giving money to the Clinton Foundation. They see a bunch of Clintons that say, we left the White House, so we were destitute. They brought in $250 million personally. Magical in 13 years, their net worth's over $110 million now? There's a quid pro quo here. Make no mistake about it. If the Democrats weren't scared about it, she wouldn't have that press conference today.
[Begala:] Are you more troubled by Trump University or the Clinton Foundation?
[Bauer:] I'm more troubled about a Clinton Foundation...
[Begala:] Are you really?
[Bauer:] She was secretary of state and she was seeing people that directly gave to her foundation.
[Begala:] I got a bridge to sell you, brother.
[Cooper:] One at a time.
[Bauer:] There was no national security at risk.
[Begala:] This case fraud case is pending against the Trump University.
[Basil Smikle, Clinton Supporter:] Exactly what I'm including here in the state of New York with the attorney general and I have [inaudible] disclosure trouble with the Clinton Foundation. And I can attest the work that they are doing...
[Bauer:] Nobody debates the work. Everybody...
[Smikle:] No, no, no. Hold on. Hold on. There is real work that this foundation is doing.
[Bauer:] Nobody's questioning that.
[Smikle:] There are a lot of people questioning that because there are Trump supporters that are saying that this foundation is a fraud.
[Cooper:] Does it weaken Donald Trump and his ability to go after it, the fact that he gave more than $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation? So if it was pay to play, was he paying to play?
[Hughes:] I think it would have weakened it if he would have actually met with her and said I also demand a meeting with it. I think he...
[Cooper:] Well, he did. He had her come to the wedding.
[Hughes:] Not for $100,000.
[Cooper:] No, no, no. He said he paid money to her and she came to his wedding.
[Hughes:] Right. So that just shows what a puppet master he can be. But I think [inaudible]. Let's look at Loria University, let's look at Haiti, let's look at the $30 million that was raised in Haiti. You have protesters still today outside of the Clinton Global Initiative. I think you're going to hear more of this that they were promised buildings and businesses and ports and none of that came through. There's a lot of problems with the Clinton Foundation with that money that actually went through the people donated that never got to the ground.
[Cooper:] But I guess my question on the donation from Trump is, if this was a shady system, what does it say about him that he's donating and I guess knowledgeably taking part...
[Hughes:] Because there was some work that was good to it. And obviously, they were friends. And I'm sure he wrote that check out of good faith for his friendship with Hillary Clinton.
[Tara Setmayer, Cnn Political Commentator:] Sure he did. He said that he was a businessman and that he would cave money for access.
[Hughes:] Would you ever want the person signing the front of the check or the back of the check... Because right now you have Donald Trump signing the check, giving the money. She's the one accepting it.
[Setmayer:] Just being intellectually honest about it, that's all, with the Donald Trump stuff. Yes, there are problems with the Clinton Foundation...
[Hughes:] Did you just accuse me of lying?
[Setmayer:] I just said be intellectually honest about what happened with Trump and Hillary Clinton and his support of her. Not only her, Chuck Schumer and a lots of other liberals and progressives that he supported which are completely anathema to what we as conservatives believe in. He financed those people. So, let's be intellectually honest about it.
[Cooper:] Guys, guys, no one's listening. If I mean, when you talk over each other, I don't mean no one's listening to you guys, but when you talk over each other nobody can hear you. That's my point. Sorry. That was my inside voice. But you know, when the RNC says to the Clinton Foundation and to Secretary Clinton, why is it OK why are you going to stop taking foreign donations once you're president but why was it OK for you to take foreign donations for the foundation to take foreign donations when you were secretary of state?
[Begala:] Right. They're trying to respond to the pressure. I think it's a shame. I think that they set up very strict rules when Hillary became secretary of state, right? President Obama and his [inaudible] put in a whole bunch of rules...
[Cooper:] But even that, they served fudged on some of the foreign donations. They didn't report them as much as they can.
[Begala:] Again, they take from the rich and help the poor. I'm scared to death about some of the cut-backs.
[Bauer:] They don't travel on their dime except to go to foundation work. In Southwest Airlines doesn't go to Central Africa. I'm sorry.
[Setmayer:] But they go the state they go to Long Island to the Hamptons, though. And the Clintons have no problem taking their private plane to the Hamptons.
[Begala:] Look, this is just a it's a horrible story. Look, when I was working for Bill Clinton against President Bush Sr., he set up the points of light foundation. Every single day inside the White House, he promoted that he had a point of light every single day. We never looked into it, nor did the press. The next campaign we ran against Bob Dole. He runs the U.S. Senate, his wife runs the American Red Cross. Lots of people donate there. We never looked into it, neither did the press. The press has this thing where they get with the Republicans oh, I'm serious. It's a double standard that the Clintons have to face.
[Cooper:] I will point out today, I have both been accused by Donald Trump of backing Hillary Clinton and now also...
[Begala:] Well, I'm just saying nobody did the stories about the Bushes and Doles. They're honorable people.
[Cooper:] As long as I'm attacked by all sides I'm happy. We're going to take a break. We're all going to talk to each other during the break and get it out of our systems. More of "360" exclusive interview with Donald Trump. Ahead, he made a lot of news. Bring it altogether for you, next.