The Russians did not have to hack the DNC. It was Debbie Wasserman-Schultz's Pakistani Spy Ring!
DNC Chairwoman hired terrorist-connected Pakistani IT spies, gave them illegal access to classified House files and computers, from which they downloaded terabytes of information. Once exposed, once kicked out of the House, and after an 'espionage' investigation had begun on them, DWS then RE-HIRED Awan and - ignoring their House ban and the 'Espionage' investigation gave them illegal access to classified House files and systems again!
She also gave them full access to every DNC e-mail account, complete with
usernames and
passwords.
It was around this time that every nasty little secret the DNC was hiding was exposed.....the rigging of primaries, the cheating in debates, the election fraud in primaries, the stacking of the deck against Sanders to ensure he would never win.... From the DNC e-mail system 'gold mine' of every Democrat's personal e-mails was plucked and released the evidence revealing the DNC was / is filled with sexists, racists, homophobes, and anti-Semites.
The Democrats were PISSED, foamed at the mouth, refused to put the spotlight on DWS' Espionage Ring, and instead blamed the Russians - based on Trump's ill-advised snarky debate comment - and helped start the 'Russian Collusion' narrative. (That the Russians interfered in the US election by exposing how the Democrats were trying to interfere / manipulate US elections..

) Of course, the Democrats refused to turn over their network / server to have the FBI verify it had been hacked by the 'Russians'...)
After her Pakistani Spy Ring was finally discovered...again...and shut down, DWS was fired from the DNC...and IMMEDIATELY hired by Hillary to work on her election campaign...... (
Interesting how a Presidential Candidate had no problem immediately hiring as part of a team a person who had just been fired for Running a foreign spy ring that jeopardized / damaged national security...)
...and of course the vast majority of this has already been verified by none other than DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile...