Hillary Clinton Defends Use of Private Email, Calling it 'Convenient'

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has spoken out regarding the recent email controversy in which she was criticized for using a private email system during her time with the Obama administration.

Clinton said Tuesday while speaking to reporters outside of the United Nations' Security Council Chambers that she installed a personal email domain in her home and on her phone while serving as Secretary of State because she thought doing so would be "simpler."

"Looking back it would have been better to use separate phones and two separate e-mail accounts," Clinton said. "I thought one (mobile) device would be simpler. Obviously, it hasn't worked out that way."

"I trust the American people to make their decisions about political and public matters and I feel that I've taken unprecedented steps to provide these work-related emails, they're going to be in the public domain, and Americans will find that interesting and I look forward to having that discussion.''

Clinton pointed to the fact that she has turned over 50,000 emails from her time as Secretary of State to the State Department to ensure government transparency is maintained. Using a private email was not against the rules during Clinton's time in office, as long as she kept the records, the State Department has clarified.

Clinton clarified during Tuesday's press conference that she "did not email any classified material to anyone on my email," when asked if her emails would compromise government security.

 "Looking back, it might have been smarter" to have used an official government email, Clinton added.