The long and winding road to Hillary Clinton’s apology | McClatchy Washington Bureau

The evolution of Hillary Clinton’s apology over the use of a private email server to conduct government business while she was secretary of state:

I went above and beyond

“For any government employee, it is that government employee’s responsibility to determine what’s personal and what’s work related. I went above and beyond what I was requested to do.”

– March 10 news conference at the United Nations

I did nothing wrong

“Everything I did was permitted. There was no law. There was no regulation. . . . Now I didn’t have to turn over anything.”

– July 7 interview with CNN’s Brianna Keilar

I never did anything wrong

“I am confident that I never sent or received any information that was classified at the time it was sent and received.”

– July 25 Iowa press conference

A joking matter

“I love it. Those messages disappear all by themselves.”

– Aug. 14 Iowa Democratic gala, describing her new Snapchat account

Nobody cares

“It is never raised in my town halls. It is never raised in my other meetings with people. This is the usual partisanization . . . of anything that goes on and I’ve been at this for a really long time.”

– Aug. 15 press conference at the Iowa State Fair

Only the media care

“Nobody talks to me about it other than you guys.”

– Aug. 18, talking to reporters in North Las Vegas, Nev.

I’m sorry, but only for the confusion

“At the end of the day, I am sorry that this has been confusing to people and has raised a lot of questions, but there are answers to all these questions.”

– Sept. 4. interview with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC

What I did was OK

“What I did was allowed. It was allowed by the State Department.”

– Sept. 7 interview with the Associated Press

I’m sorry

“That was a mistake. I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility.”

– Sept. 8 on ABC’s “World News Tonight”

I’m sorry for not using government email

“Yes, I should have used two email addresses, one for personal matters and one for my work at the State Department. Not doing so was a mistake. I’m sorry about it, and I take full responsibility.

– Sept. 8 Facebook post