I think it was effective due to the spin being applied that it didn't damage.
Just think of it this way. The untouchable has her image shattered, and the MSM was sneak attacked on this.
No chance for scripting, Friday announcements, talking heads . Pure sinking of the ship with no return shot possible.
All this it's no big thing indicates it did hit home..........
Also, if O Wanna B , or any of his team knew about it in advance I'd be shaking in my boots if I were Hill's squad.
They are seeing E warfare in the modern world, not the old print & screaming head trash version.............
My expectations may have been too high - I was looking forward to 100% defection from support of Herself, the Cold and Joyless, and obviously, that didn't happen.
We should be glad for any softening in the fanatical embrace of the venomous viper of a spouse to the "Shan" (previously known as the "Former Occupant of the Oval Office, 1993-2001"). If those hearts and minds may be changed even a little bit, there is always the possibility that they could be changed even more in the future.
Or not.