She paid for opposition research on Trump with the investigators hired by the Washington Free Beacon to get opposition research on Trump. When the free beacon ended their research for trump, because their candidate lost the primary to Trump, the investigator, Fusion GPS, approached the DNC law firm, to see if the DNC or Clinton wanted to continue the opposition research they had started.
The DNC lawyer said yes....
CLINTON and the DNC never sought Russian help, nor was approached with Russian or Putin help, nor paid any Russians for help.
They paid fusion gps for research, just like the Washington Free Beacon paid for opposition research on Trump from fusion gps.
She nor the DNC Lawyer hired or picked Christopher Steele to do the research, the DNC hired fusion GPS..... GPS hired their own choices on who to do the legwork for their own investigation.
Details and FACTS matter!