Exactly - Clintonian tactics.
Of course. Gropeygate is the answer to the e-mail dump. It drowns it out and furthers her central narrative: this election is a referendum on the horrible Donald Trump. And, of course, Trump (and Republicans generally) are trying to make this a referendum on the horrible Hillary Clinton.
It should be a referendum on how the two party system gives us such horrible choices. If that's how you feel, then vote Johnson.