You are right. It was planned but it went overboard. If he were confident of being right, he could say the same things with a smile on his face. He tried that later with his fear factor comments, Bush using fear. Smiling, it worked before, etc.
His poking and raging will always be remembered. His accusations against Chris Wallace will hurt him forever and ever. Journalists do not forgive, do not forget. They are the high priests now. Bow before them.
You know that when he gets red faced, starts shaking his finger, and denying..."I did not have...", he's lying.
intimidate which other reporters? none of them would dare ask either bill or hillary questions like this - they only do canned interviews with reporters they know are "in the bag".