Another reason Trump didn’t fare so well was that he didn’t accept responsibility for any of his prior bad decisions or bad acts. PJ bought up his prior support of the war in Iraq. Instead of saying something sensible like yeah that was my first thought, but then I changed my mind as I learned more, he forcefully insisted he didn’t say it. When Holt pointed out that he did indeed say that, he started stumbling around admitting he did say that to Howard Stern, but that he was just shooting from the hip back then. If people want to know what he thought about the Iraq invasion they need to ask Sean Hannity about a private conversation they had. Then he repeated that they need to ask Sean Hannity several times over.
When Hillary called him out on some of his prior remarks about women instead of saying something sensible like sometimes I lose my cool and don’t express myself in the best way, I apologize if I hurt these women’s feelings, and that wasn’t my intent. He says Rosie O'Donnell deserved it. Then today he said the former Miss Universe deserved it to be called Miss Piggy and the maid because she gained weight.
Contrast this refusal to accept any responsibility for any of his prior bad deeds with how Hillary answered the email question. She admitted she made a mistake and was wrong.