Snippet API search threw NoMethodError
## Summary
the api search for snippets threw a `NoMethodError`
https://new-sentry.gitlab.net/organizations/gitlab/issues/865386/?alert_rule_id=13&alert_type=issue&project=3&referrer=slack
exception message
```
undefined method `<<' for nil:NilClass
query_hash[:query][:bool][:filter] << {
^^
```
## Relevant logs and/or screenshots
<details><summary>stack trace</summary>
```
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```
</details>
## Possible fixes
[`SnippetClassProxy`](ee/lib/elastic/latest/snippet_class_proxy.rb) is where the failure occured
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