Hillary on private email server: 'I'm sorry; it was a mistake'

September 09, 2015 08:36

Apologising for using private email server during her term as secretary of state, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has said "I am sorry" and termed her decision a "mistake."

"I do think I could have and should have done a better job answering questions earlier. I really did not perhaps appreciate the need to do that," Clinton told the ABC news in an interview on Tuesday.

"What I had done was allowed, it was above board. But in retrospect, as I look back at it now, even though it was allowed, I should have used two accounts. One for personal, one for work-related emails. That was a mistake. I am sorry about that. I take responsibility," she said.

Clinton's acknowledgement of the "mistake" came as the email controversy threatens to derail her presidential campaign. Latest polls indicates she is slipping behind her nearest Democratic rivals in some of the key States and her popularity rating is coming down.

In her interview, Clinton said she did not violate the law as this was allowed at that time.

"As I said, it was allowed and there was no hiding it. It was totally above board. Everybody in the government I communicated and that was a lot of people, knew I was using a personal email.

"But I am sorry that it has, you know, raised all of these questions. I do take responsibility for having made what is clearly not the best decision," she said.

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