Hillary Clinton gives a thumbs up as she boards her campaign plane in White Plains, N.Y. Donald Trump and his campaign seem convinced that Hillary Clinton's comments last week at a fundraiser calling half his supporters a "basket of deplorables" is a damaging gaffe they can capitalize upon . But after a brief and limited apology, Clinton and her campaign have doubled down upon the core of the argument, sparking some political commentators to wonder if the "gaffe" was actually a trap that Trump walked into.