After resisting giving an unqualified apology for using a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton conceded Tuesday that she was sorry.
"That was a mistake. I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility,” she said in an interview with ABC’s David Muir.
Later in the interview, Clinton offered a less categorical answer. "I’m 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.
Still, Clinton's tone was contrite as she discussed her e-mail account with Muir after giving more reluctant answers in two recent interviews, confident that she did nothing wrong and therefore did not need to offer a blanket apology. She’s in the midst of a post-Labor Day reset aimed at shoring up her slumping favorability ratings as she struggled to put to rest the questions over her e-mail practices at the State Department.
On Friday, she expressed regret for her decision and the way it played out, but not the apology for which some Americans hoped.
“I am sorry that this has been confusing to people and raised a lot of questions,” she told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell. “I take responsibility and it wasn't the best choice,” she later added.
---bloombergnews
