Obdigore, on 14 September 2018 - 10:59 AM, said:
Biotech stocks plummeted (no more price gouging in the US market, oh no), and a lot of rich people sold them and lost a large amount of money.
For many social conservatives---they started hating her because they didn't believe women should be ambitious or hold positions of power. Her blatant and awkward attempts to make herself more "likable" reinforced the stereotype of a manipulative, duplicitous, inauthentic woman trying to use her husband to gain undeserved power.
Meanwhile, the Republican party was becoming militantly hyperpartisan, Fox News had just started, unhinged right-wing talk radio was booming, and the Republican congress was abusing its investigative powers to try to bring down her husband's presidency.
All these factors combined to support the first runs of conspiracy theories.