The paradox of the Bill Clinton impeachment saga was that it made it easier for Donald Trump to become president and harder for his wife, Hillary. Twenty years after his acquittal, it's clearer to see how that seismic event shaped American politics and culture today. In a quarter century of covering US politics, I only have ever got round to framing two newspaper front pages. The first was when Pr
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