It's not a softball. It's a desperate attempt to make something out of nothing. The right wing is flinging every turd they can find.
Then perhaps when someone gets caught in a situation that looks bad instead of saying "Oops, I won't do that again" they'll think about it before the situation looks bad and preemptively not do it - aww who am I kidding they'll just delete the evidence and blame IT.
Hillary should really get on top of her records keeping game though, when the official records are missing or incomplete and the unofficial records were all burned people might get suspicious.