This notion that Trump and Hillary are equally bad is, in my opinion, purely a product of an extraordinarily successful smear campaign. Before she was a candidate, Hillary was one of the most respected democrats among republicans:
https://nondoc.com/2016/08/09/25-times-gop-praised-hillary-clinton/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/01/remember-when-republicans-loved-hillary-clinton.html
That republicans were so desperate to win that they were willing to throw the Clinton Foundation under the bus along the way, dissolved any respect I might have had for them.