She would have been a natural in a Bill Clinton scandal, and, in fact, all the same means would have been used against her.
Donald Trump’s tactics in these cases are almost indistinguishable from the Clintons’. The effort to shut down the accusers, the unconvincing denials, the legal maneuvering, the sleazy fixers, the media allies trying to sweep it under the rug — it’s all there.
That Daniels finally broke into the news cycle a few weeks ago is a step toward normality in the Trump era. Prior to that, it was downright bizarre that a sex scandal involving a porn star got overshadowed by other mediagenic outrages.