Schumer was a liar then, just as much as now.  There were plenty of people who wanted to see the Clintons go away, we just didn't know how much control they had over the DNC, or who was backing their rise to power.  I had several business trips to Arkansas, and I was always surprised by people who knew things about the Clintons, and spoke fearfully in hushed tones.  They would literally look around before saying anything.  People who knew anything about them were genuinely afraid of them. People all across the country knew we were being scammed by them (I traveled quite a bit, and talked to regular working people all the time), but the media was every bit as bad back then, and the internet was in it's infancy.  I was surprised at how much bad information got posted, and at the time I thought it was random people.  Now we know that there was also a coordinated effort going on (the internet exposed us to random assholes from everywhere, so that's to be expected)