[I still care]

I have a family member that says this whole thing is being emphasized to draw attention away from the emails, just like the sex episode by Monica was emphasized to draw attention away from how Clinton gave China our missle tech.

I remember this. A lot of people thought at the time that was the more serious problem, but the sex issue immediately grabbed attention away from that, and people were more forgiving of it. They were wondering if the Clintons actually manipulated the sex scandal PURPOSEFULLY, rather than deal with the China story, which never really came out. http://www.independentsentinel.com/lest-we-forget-hillarys-china-gate-scandal/

Will people forgive Clinton for having “pneumonia” over treasonous emails and calling half the country human debris?

[Windflier]

I have a family member that says this whole thing is being emphasized to draw attention away from the emails

Not even. Your family member should know that the Clintons are eyeball deep in scandals all over the place. It's only natural that several of them have surfaced, simultaneously, during the presidential campaign.