Democrat are fretful that Clinton and her team are n't prepared for the rigors of a bruising contest based on their botched response to email-gate . Clinton is seen as the only Dems with enough credibility and name id to weather a national campaign , though . Still a candidate-in-waiting , Clinton had to tackle the controversy over her emails this week with limited resources . The gap in staffing helped cripple Clinton 's ability to strike back in real time to verbal assaults as fury over her email practices reached its peak .
Dems are fretful that Clinton and her team are n't prepared for the rigors of a bruising contest based on their botched response to email-gate . Clinton is seen as the only Democrat with enough credibility and name id to weather a national campaign , though . Still a candidate-in-waiting , Clinton had to tackle the controversy over her emails this week with limited resources . The gap in staffing helped cripple Clinton 's ability to strike back in real time to verbal assaults as fury over her email practices reached its peak .