If your account gets hacked you can use this like to recover it using the password you had (as long as it's been changed in the last 30 days.)

https://steemit.com/recover_account_step_1

Since this article is about the danger of links...if you prefer not to use the one above (I can understand that,) just goto your wallet, click password...and you'll see a link for "Recover Password" to the right of the Current Password field.