Were they untrue?
Why would they hurt Hillary's campaign, when they didn't undercut Bill's popularity?
Couldn't being considered a victim of a lousy husband have been an advantage for her?
Most of the headlines I remember had to do with her bad health.
What did she do to counteract the rumors?
Vigorous and energetic campaigning would have disproved the rumors.
That's exactly what she didn't do.
She could have addressed the stories, saying she was as fit as a bull moose or something like that.
But she didn't do that either.
She did open a jar of pickles on a late night talk show.
Catch-22.
The more she campaigned, in person, the more swing voters she lost.
They had to pay people to show up at the few in-person events she would appear at with her ever-present medic, injector at the ready, ambulance-on-standby, and specially outfitted medical van reinforcing the ill-health stories the LSM kept burying.
That's not to mention collapsing at the 9/11 memorial ceremony.
The optics were not good, and besides, "she was entitled to be the first woman POTUS".
"What does it matter" that she didn't work anywhere nearly as hard as anybody else that went put themselves up?
Well, except for the people that were in it for matching funds, only to drop out after the scamming.