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Hillary Clinton’s biggest stumbles have nothing to do with her health

THE IDEA THAT DONALD TRUMP MIGHT BECOME President of the United States is unthinkable, but it is no longer implausible. Hillary Clinton has made it possible. This is not to say that she will lose. The electoral map and Trump’s reflexive ugliness—witless and witting—still favor her. And we’re in a pause now before the most crucial events of the campaign: the debates, where I assume her knowledge and demeanor will unmask Trump for the vanity candidate

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