So, to be clear, you don't care if she broke the law, as long as there were no known negative consequences?
As for it being "easier to hack," do you not understand that is exactly what all the consternation is about? That by virtue of having a private server, without the safeguards utilized by the government (which are by no means foolproof), it was, by it's very nature, more vulnerable to attack?
Again, your logic is flawed. The notion that illegality depends on consequences is not supported by the law. Hell, you can pull as much as life in prison for entering into a criminal agreement to sell drugs with someone, without ever taking steps to complete the crime. This has been upheld by the courts time and time again. The illegality of what Hills is claimed to have done does not rest on the consequences.