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Clinton: 'I Take Responsibility for Every Decision I Made, but That's Not Why I Lost'

May 31, 2017

Two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Wednesday took responsibility for all her decisions during the 2016 campaign, but then said those decisions were not why she lost.

"Look, I take responsibility for every decision I made, but that's not why I lost, so I think it's important that we learn the real lessons from this last campaign," Clinton said during a question and answer session at the 2017 Code Conference.

She then discussed how the Russians were out to to influence the American elections, the economy, and unity within the United States.

This is not the first time that Clinton has blamed other factors for her election loss last year to Donald Trump. In early May, Clinton spoke at the Women for Women International conference, where she originally took responsibility for her actions, but then blamed former FBI Director James Comey and Russia.

"I was on the way to winning until the combination of Jim Comey's letter on Oct. 28 and Russian WikiLeaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off," Clinton said. "And the evidence for that intervening event is, I think, compelling, persuasive."

Clinton was referencing a letter from Comey to congressional leaders stating that the FBI reopened part of the investigation into her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.