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Hillary Clinton: Used private email for 'convenience' Hillary Clinton: Private email set up for 'convenience'
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Hillary Clinton has told reporters she used private emails out of "convenience" during her time as secretary of state.Hillary Clinton has told reporters she used private emails out of "convenience" during her time as secretary of state.
But Mrs Clinton said it "would have been better" to have two accounts to separate work and personal emails.But Mrs Clinton said it "would have been better" to have two accounts to separate work and personal emails.
She is seen as a top contender for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. The issue of whether Mrs Clinton breached federal records rules has gained attention as she is expected to announce a run for president.
The state department said it will release her emails, about 55,000 printed pages in total, after a review. She is seen as a top contender for the 2016 Democratic nomination.
Mrs Clinton had planned to spend March talking about women's issues - including at a UN speech on Tuesday - before announcing her candidacy in early April, the Associated Press news agency reported.
But she decided to answer questions on Tuesday amid criticism from Republicans and worries from Democratic allies that she was not explaining herself.
At a news conference after Mrs Clinton made a speech at a UN session on empowering women, she told reporters why she set up a private email system during her time as secretary of state.
"I thought using one device would be simpler; obviously, it hasn't worked out that way," she said."I thought using one device would be simpler; obviously, it hasn't worked out that way," she said.
The correspondence of officials are considered government records under federal law. Under US federal law, officials' correspondence is considered to be US government property.
Mrs Clinton made no clarifying remarks about her potential run for president during the news conference. Mrs Clinton said she and her lawyers made the decision over what would be considered personal email when the state department asked for records from former secretaries of state.
The emails deemed personal were about half of the 60,000 emails in total she sent during her time in office.
The state department said it would release the emails they received, about 55,000 printed pages in total, after a review.
Mrs Clinton said no classified material was sent from the private account and said her use of personal email was permitted by the state department.Mrs Clinton said no classified material was sent from the private account and said her use of personal email was permitted by the state department.
The former secretary of state said she and her staff made the decision over what would be considered personal email when the state department asked for records from former secretaries of state.
"I fully complied with every rule," she said."I fully complied with every rule," she said.
But the former secretary of state said she had discarded thousands of personal emails including ones about planning her daughter's wedding and her mother's funeral. But she said she had discarded thousands of personal emails, including ones about planning her daughter's wedding and her mother's funeral.
She added the "vast majority" of her emails related to state department business were automatically recorded because they were in correspondence with other government officials. She added the "vast majority" of her emails to state department officials were already automatically recorded because they were in correspondence with official government accounts.
Mrs Clinton used email from a private server set up for her husband, former President Bill Clinton, in their family home in New York which is guarded by the Secret Service. And she said she did not send classified material from her personal email address.
Mrs Clinton's email address was run from a private server set up for her husband, former President Bill Clinton, in their family home in New York - which is guarded by the Secret Service.
She told reporters the contents of the server would remain private.She told reporters the contents of the server would remain private.
In a separate news conference state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said a review of Mrs Clinton's emails for publication would likely take months. Representative Trey Gowdy, the Republican leading a committee investigating the deaths of four Americans at a state department facility in Benghazi, Libya, said Mrs Clinton's comments left him with more questions than answers.
Jen Psaki said Tuesday that once the review is complete, the emails will be posted online for the public to see. "There remain serious questions about the security of the system she employed from a national security standpoint," Mr Gowdy said.
His committee will be the first to receive the emails after a state department review.
In a separate news conference state department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said a review of Mrs Clinton's emails for publication was likely to take months.
Jen Psaki said on Tuesday that once the review was complete, the emails would be posted online for the public to see.
Passages revealing anything from trade secrets to sensitive national security information could be redacted, in keeping with open records law guidelines.Passages revealing anything from trade secrets to sensitive national security information could be redacted, in keeping with open records law guidelines.