Clinton says no email apology: 'What I did was allowed'
September 08, 2015 01:20
Hillary Rodham Clinton said today she does not need to apologize for using a private email account and server while secretary of state because "what I did was allowed."
In an interview with The Associated Press during a campaign swing through Iowa, which kicks off next year's state by-state primary race, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination also said the lingering questions about her email practices while serving as President Barack Obama's top diplomat have not damaged her campaign.
"Not at all. It's a distraction, certainly," Clinton said.
"But it hasn't in any way affected the plan for our campaign, the efforts we're making to organize here in Iowa and elsewhere in the country. And I still feel very confident about the organization and the message that my campaign is putting out."
Yet even in calling the inquiry into how she used email while at the State Department a distraction, Clinton played down how it has affected her personally as a candidate.
"As the person who has been at the center of it, not very much," Clinton said. "I have worked really hard this summer, sticking to my game plan about how I wanted to sort of reintroduce myself to the American people."
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