Clinton’s language in defending email server shows a cautious approach

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Hillary Clinton, despite a recent apology, has been remarkably consistent and precise in her wording when she discusses her private email server she used as secretary of state.

So precise and careful, in fact, that a Washington Post article helpfully dissects the nuance and obscurity of her statements.

When Clinton called her email use “fully above board” in justifying its use, for example, the Clinton campaign cited a State Department spokesman that, while private email use is discouraged, it is not prohibited.

While true, the quote makes clear that private email use as Clinton used it was unusual. Private email use at the State Department doesn’t get the attention of five federal investigations.

Clinton’s exactness in her responses to the email server show a cautious approach. It aids the campaign’s attempts to control the conversation while making mistakes sound like routine, low-level non-issues that remained within standard procedure at the State Department.

That glosses over the stretch necessary to go from “occasional private email use” to “an approved and acceptable private email server.”

No clear evidence has emerged that Clinton violated federal law. A review found at least two emails she received contained classified information, however, which might be in violation of the law.