If you watch John Oliver, online universities and similar predatory industries are getting away with more than Trump is being accused of, yet he is being singled out.
Ok but Greenlearn Online Chartered University Plus isn't running for President.
Is it hypocritical that Hillary is seemingly getting less flack for real or alleged wrongdoing than Trump is for his real or alleged wrongdoing? Maybe? If you want to be extremely literal then yes. But real life is complicated and not amenable to black and white rules where everyone is held to the same exact standards and all decisions are based on rigorously applied logical rules.
Hillary gets off with stuff that would totally disqualify Trump? Maybe that's because she has a long and proven track record in government. Call it cronyism if you want but people get leniency based on prior service. Clinton got minimal consequences for perjury and Nixon got pretty light consequences for a number of serious crimes. I'm sure you don't have to dig very deep to find a laundry list of politicians who have infractions overlooked because they have previously served well or demonstrated loyalty. It's a natural part of human nature.
Is that right? To a certain extent I would say yes. The terms of your contract at your job may state in no uncertain terms that being five minutes late for work is an offence which has consequences, but if you're otherwise a very hard worker and often go beyond the call of duty your manager might rightly overlook it. Then the question becomes where you draw the line, rather than "is it right to bend the rules sometimes".
Trump is trying to have his cake and eat it by playing the outsider card. To expect to get the benefits of preaching his outsider status to his followers and then refuse to take the obvious consequences with good grace is at worst childish and at best another one of his rhetorical tactics (wah wah the bad people are against me, I must be good, just terrific, very unfair). Trump gets less leniency than Hillary because he hasn't earned any leniency with decades of political service. Having clout with the people who make the rules and make the accusations stick is as much a part of politics (if not more) than Trump's lauded ability to whip up a massive crowd.
