HiRC Room Despite Sustaining Hits, Hillary Clinton Remains 'Formidable' in 2016 NBC/WSJ Poll [View all]

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HILLARY CLINTON ROOM POST

MARK MURRAY

After weeks of scrutiny and tough questions - over her emails and the Clinton Foundation - here's the bad news for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton: Her image has taken a hit, according to the latest national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

Clinton's unfavorable rating has ticked up six points since March, and the percentage giving her high marks for being honest and straightforward has declined 13 points from a year ago.

But here's the good news for her: Despite these hits, Clinton leads the Republican top-tier candidates in hypothetical general-election match ups. And she's the only 2016 candidate the poll tested who doesn't sport a negative favorable/unfavorable rating.

"Yes, there are challenges with the Clinton name," says Democratic pollster Fred Yang, who conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff. "But she remains a uniquely formidable candidate."

http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/despite-sustaining-hits-hillary-clinton-remains-formidable-2016-nbc-wsj-n353386