FLINT, MI - The city of Flint and its ongoing water crisis comes up dozens of times in the latest batch of hacked emails from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign that have been released by Wikileaks.

John Podesta, campaign manager for Clinton, told reporters this week that Russian intelligence officials hoping to pull the election in favor of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump were responsible for getting into his email account, according to a New York Times article.

Emails from Wikileaks dating back to January 2016 from Clinton staffers include a Jan. 18 message regarding an edit to a planned speech in Iowa:

"This is really good - one edit - on Flint we should say "their governor" doesn't think their lives matter not "their government" which includes our peeps who have been fighting him"

Clinton spoke about Flint's water issue as did then-challenger Bernie Sanders, during a Jan. 17 Democratic presidential debate at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, S.C.

An email from Wikileaks dated the day after the debate reads "We've been discussing a new riff about how HRC is fighting for real change in the real lives of real people, something that helps her channel the passion we saw last night about Flint into our core economic concerns."

Clinton visited Flint less than one month later, giving a speech at House of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church on the city's north side and meeting with residents, local and state officials to discuss the water situation.

In a Feb. 7 recap of the Flint visit, a staffer mentions in one of the emails from Wikileaks that "Flint was quite moving. When we walked in the church and the water fountains were covered and marked "out of order," all we've read and seen in the news suddenly became much more real."

Another Wikileaks email dated Feb. 19 has a staffer praising the visit, stating "First, on her passion - I thought the trip to Flint was brilliant. Getting ahead of him around "caring" can be repeated. I am thinking though may be unrealistic given the shortness of time - that there must be any number of low income communities with high rates of asthma or other stuff in South Carolina sitting next to fossil fuel plants belching out toxic material or at least unhealthy fumes."

Several of the emails from Wikileaks include mentions of Flint amid discussion groups, public events, as well as radio and television interviews, or others asking for appearances by the candidate including the leader of the Spartans for Hillary Group at Michigan State University to Podesta himself about having Clinton visit ahead of the March debate at The Whiting.

An exchange in the Wikileaks emails between Milia Fisher, special assistant to Podesta, shares a look at movement on March 6 -- the day Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton debated on CNN in Flint.

At one point, Podesta asks Fisher for a fact sheet of Chelsea Clinton's announcement in Flint on debate day of the new Flint Water Works initiative to provide 100 jobs for young people in the city amid the water crisis.

A lengthy email in the bundle from Wikileaks also details talking points, from working with Flint Mayor Karen on home water delivery, to encouraging donations to the Flint Child Health and Development, for Podesta to discuss in the post-debate spin room.

One email from Wikileaks finds staffers discussing advertisements in Michigan on March 2 that included references of the Flint water crisis, just days prior to the March 6 debate and March 8 Democratic presidential primary.

"We're up with a lot of points in Michigan; airing a mix of primarily economic spots posted here (Breaking Barriers, Valeant, Johnson) and the powerful Flint," according to the email.

Flint came up often on primary day in Michigan in emails between staff, including stops by Clinton at Holy Ghost Cathedral in Detroit and multiple radio and television interviews.

"Quick hits, mostly centered around getting out to vote. Flint came up in every one, and then education, and ACA. No flags. Every single interviewer was for her," reads a March 8 email from a staffer, according to Wikileaks. "Highlight of the morning was one of the hosts, whose stage name is "Foolish" asked a question, to which HRC replied "Well, Foolish, that is far from a foolish question." Awkward chuckles all around."

Hillary Clinton's last visit to Flint came on March 6, but Chelsea Clinton and former president Bill Clinton have both paid campaign visits to the city in the past month.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump also made a Sept. 14 stop in the Vehicle City, going on a brief tour of the Flint water plant and giving a speech at Bethel United Methodist Church on the city's west side.