on the other hand they didn t raise anything. and it lead to an investigation about her private e-mail servers. and they also rallied republicat about benghazi? success. on the other hand, clinton won the democratic nomination anyway. failure. on one hand, clinton was defeated by the republican nominee, donald trump. success. on the other hand, republicans wound up with a president who is systematically dismantling much of the old conservative movement and what it used to mean to be a republican. donald trump, failure. if you saw charlie wilson s war, you know the zen master story he tells at the end of the movie as the u.s. celebrates the victory of the freedom fighters over the soviet army. a decade later, al qaeda launched attacks.