Hillary Clinton: Yes, I did operate a private server

In a press conference today, Hillary Clinton confirmed that she and former President Clinton did run their email through a private server "protected by the Service Service."

In answering questions, she stated that no classified email messages were sent through her private email account and that at the time of joining the State Department it seemed easier to keep using one device and one email account.

She addressed concerns about deleting private emails and the archiving of government emails. Her premise was that others in the government were mailed on their .gov accounts, so those messages would be archived at the receiving end.  She further said that after reviewing and turning over all government related emails, even those that could only tenuously be considered government-related, she then destroyed those emails that were personal.