
Faced with eroding support, the Democratic hopeful for next year`s election offered the most comprehensive public remarks yet about the email controversy.
But asked directly in a half-hour interview whether she wanted to apologize to the American people for her actions, Hillary demurred. "I certainly wish that I had made a different choice," she answered, admitting she was "sorry" for the confusion caused. "I take responsibility. I should have had two accounts: one for personal and one for work-related" emails.
But she insisted, as she has from the beginning, that "it was allowed and it was fully above board."
The lingering email saga has weighed on Hillary`s popularity, with a Gallup poll released on Friday showing her favourability rating at 41 percent, compared to 51 percent who view her unfavourably -- the lowest level since 1992.
But Hillary, who has long dismissed the email saga
as a manufactured imbroglio, expressed optimism
about her presidential bid and said she was confident of voters` trust. ?AFP