Hit the trail and Muckraking

Muckraking and hit the trail are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Muckraking" with "Hit the trail", this terms are similar.

Muckraking noun - The exposure of scandal (especially about public figures).

Hit the trail and muckraking are semantically related in attempt to win political election topic. Sometimes you can use "Hit the trail" instead a verb "Muckraking".