I don't think it is correct to refer to the DNC employees as HRC "staffers". Any more than they were Sanders staffers or O'Malley staffers, etc. They did what they did on their own. Most likely HRC sensed that they were biased and on her side, and did nothing to dissuade them. Would you have?
My understanding from reading the Washington Times article is that the allegations involve those working for PACs, which by law can not coordinate directly with the HRC campaign.
The Nixon case is very, very different. You may be too young to recall the details. But there are many excellent accounts of the Watergate fiasco available. Nixon did not know about Watergate until after the break in. (The A.G., John Mitchell, knew that this group called the "plumbers" were going to break in. Mitchell, who in my mind was among the most competent and ethical of all in the Nixon admin., told them not to, but he did not alert the President. He did tell the "plumbers" that they were nuts!) It isn't for the break in that Nixon was forced to resign. It was all the illegal shit that followed that Nixon was directly involved in, and came to light because of the Watergate investigation. He was going to be impeached and convicted. His most faithful Republican Senators, who had originally stuck with him, deserted him one by one, once they knew it was all over but the shouting. It was Nixon's own counsel, John Dean, that put the nails in his coffin. Nixon's fatal flaw: Arrogance! He was caught on tape saying, "When the President does it , it's not illegal!" All the top guys involved in the cover up went to prison except Nixon, whom Ford pardoned, ruining his own chance at being elected in his own right.
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