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Clinton apologizes for using private email while secretary of state

 
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to questions during a campaign stop in July. Clinton has formally apologized for using private emails while Secretary of State.  [Associated Press]
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to questions during a campaign stop in July. Clinton has formally apologized for using private emails while Secretary of State. [Associated Press]
Published Sept. 8, 2015

WASHINGTON - The non-apology apology didn't work, it seems. So in a new television interview Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton offered a more contrite response to the email server saga that has obscured her campaign message.

"That was a mistake. I'm sorry about that. I take responsibility," Clinton told ABC's David Muir when asked about her decision to use a private email account during her tenure as secretary of state. "I'm trying to be as transparent as I possibly can."

The network did not offer fuller context of the exchange, which is to air in greater length on ABC's "World News" Tuesday.

Just days ago, Clinton offered a more measured response to the email question. Speaking Friday with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, Clinton said only that it "wasn't the best choice" to conduct official communication on her private account. She apologized only because it was "confusing to people and has raised a lot of questions."

She then told The Associated Press on Monday that she had no need to apologize because "what I did was allowed."

"But there are answers to all these questions," she said.