Whatever message Hillary Clinton is putting out, all people hear is "email"

Gallup is in the happy position of talking to a lot of Americans all the time, enabling it to get a good sense of the ebbs and flows of cultural and political attitudes. It also tracks what people are hearing about the presidential campaign from out in the world, dutifully noting whichever Donald Trump misstep or accomplishment is dominating any seven-day period. And week after week, writing down the word “email” when Americans are asked what they’re hearing about Hillary Clinton.

Since July 11, that’s the word that’s been the most common response when Gallup asks what people have “read, seen or heard about Hillary Clinton” over the preceding few days. In eight of the 10 weeks since the middle of July — a period that covers both conventions — email was the top response, with convention edging it out during the week of the Democratic convention and health taking the top honor in the most recent week, following Clinton’s fainting spell at the 9/11 Memorial.