Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton is facing what Politico called some "troubling" poll numbers, even though the publication admitted it is still early in the race.

"Her untrustworthy ratings are stubbornly high," the Washington paper noted. But, what is most disconcerting to the Clinton campaign is that the Benghazi and e-mail scandals "are starting to take their toll on her favorability numbers."

In September 2011, the then-secretary of state had logged a 69 percent favorability rating -- her highest ever in a CNN poll, Politico recalled. But in a new CNN/ORC poll released on Tuesday, she was down to 46 percent.

"Even worse for her, the poll showed Clinton with her highest unfavorability ratings of the past 14 years -- 50 percent, putting her underwater," the publication concluded.

The former first lady, long considered a rock star among Democrats and often demonized by Republicans, may actually have trouble winning over her own party's supporters in the current campaign, the Washington Post pointed out.

Republicans' views of the candidate have not changed in the past two months, though she has lost support among independents, the newspaper noted. But "even more striking is that Clinton has lost support among Democrats," it added.

The negative trend of a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, which found that the former secretary's favorability ratings were lower than in any Post poll since 2008, in fact, was largely due to a shift among Democrats, the newspaper detailed. That is because they are far more numerous than independents, it added -- admitting, however, that Clinton "is still very popular among Democrats" overall.

In head-to-head match-ups against top Republicans, meanwhile, the CNN/ORC poll revealed that Clinton's margin is tighter than it has been at any previous point, CNN noted.

Clinton runs about even with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, CNN detailed. Nevertheless, the former New York senator continues to outpoll former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz by significant margins, the channel added.