Stoddard: Clinton ‘Actually Confusing Us over the Definition of Classified Material’

STODDARD: “Well, it's interesting. I think just the fact that she is giving the interview -- it's been a really long time since she has, since she spoke with Brianna Keilar and was quite defensive several months back. She hasn't been answering these questions in full. When she answers them among her traveling media, she is usually defensive, she cuts them off, she makes jokes and changes the subject, so her willingness to answer this is a sign that the campaign knows that this e-mail saga will not go away for a very long time and that she has to seem ready to answer the questions and explain things. Her unwillingness to apologize could remain a problem for her. She likes to say that it's all going to become clear later, that she is sorry the public is so confused, but actually she is confusing us over the definition of classified material. She actually sent and received classified information. She did it many, many times. She is saying she didn't send material because that means she didn't send documents. And those are actually only accessible through a separate system. But she certainly did share conversations from foreign officials and that kind of information is always classified, not in its marking, but in its nature and the substance. And that, when you take that position, is something that you are trained to know and you are given clearance for and you are responsible for.” 
CABRERA: “It did seem like this was an opportunity to really show a humble side, but what you heard, as you mentioned, without apologizing, is she going to break through when it comes to the trust and transparency issues if she doesn't, you know, maybe peel back the curtain just a little bit more?” 
STODDARD: “We don't know what is coming. She is under five investigations, or this situation is the subject of five investigations. So she always talks about how she should not have used a private e- mail. That's different than actually housing her business records, her government records and communication and e-mail in a private -- in a system that was HillaryClinton.com and then in a server which was later wiped clean. More e-mails were deleted than were provided to the State Department and they were not all personal. If the FBI investigation uncovers something that makes this worse, obviously, this could devastate her campaign. In the meantime, she is just grappling with what the public wonders about her, and you see in those polls that her trustworthy numbers are terrible. It's hard when you're completely known, like Hillary Clinton, and you're not a newcomer, to redefine yourself. So she is going to have to work hard to seem like she's telling the truth and that she is trustworthy and that's a mountain to climb.”