It's me, struggling to make a hit (5)
I believe the answer is:
smite
'a hit' is the definition.
(I know that smite is a more specific form of the action hit)
'it's me struggling' is the wordplay.
'struggling' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters struggle or wriggle into a new form).
'its'+'me'='itsme'
'itsme' with letters rearranged gives 'SMITE'.
'to make' is the link.
(Other definitions for smite that I've seen before include "Strike heavily" , "Whack" , "Strike in archaic way at times" , "Beat" , "Hit hard in olden times" .)