"Secondly, I heard yesterday, that the so-called hacking consisting of sending a phishing email to the dems requesting that they reset their passwords."

You heard wrong. Russian efforts which targetted government organizations, think tanks, universities, critical infrastructure facilities, corporations and, yes, political organizations. 

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/29/us/politics/document-Report-on-Russian-Hacking.html