Totally fabricated nonsense.
For Trump, Sunday's debate will be a mulligan of sorts.
They wish that were the truth.
Clinton was widely seen as the winner of the first debate,
Perhaps in the press corps. She didn't wack out in any form or fashion, so they view that as a win for Hillary.
and Trump has been at the center of controversy ever since.
Again, manufactured controversy trumped up by the press, that absolutely no one takes seriously, except for her diehard supporters, which of course includes the press.
Make a note: "Controversy" (also "controversial") doesn't mean what you think it should mean. In media Newspeak, it's code for "This is Emmanuel Goldstein -- WE HATE!"