No, they didn't. Trump was awful and lied with almost every breath he took (see here). Clinton was elegant and poised and dominated the debating points. But any measurable standard Clinton won.
The moderator was not - what are you talking about. He should have been all over Trump when he kept interrupting Clinton. I don't know what you mean by hell-bent on keeping him on the defensive.lThe moderator was clearly hell-bent on keeping Trump on the defensive (which is why most pundits were saying he seemed on the defensive -- he was lol). They spent about 3x more time on the Birther issue than Hillary's e-mails. The next debate will hopefully be more policy questions. We'll see.