Fix it any way you want, but the numbers are there: the impeached incumbent is trailing by 11 points, with barely 80 days to go before elections. That’s the fact.
And that is why Trump said the quiet part out loud yesterday - he told Americans how he plans to cheat in this election by interfering with mail in ballots. And republicans say nothing!
In the ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll for example, Mrs Clinton was ahead of Donald Trump by 12 points on 23 October, but that lead had narrowed to one point a week later.
Enthusiasm for Mrs Clinton had slipped slightly in that poll, with the number of her supporters who said they were very enthusiastic about her down from 51% to 47%.
Polls do tend to tighten as election day approaches anyway, but it appears news of the inquiry did have some effect on Mrs Clinton's numbers.
Anything can change following the last couple of weeks before the election. As usual, don't trust polls, vote.