Hillary Clinton Email Scandal: The Private Email Server Controversy

The Clinton Email Scandal emerged in March 2015 when it became known that Hillary Clinton during her time as the United States Secretary of State, she exclusively used her family’s private email server for official communications. This was not the official protocol as she should always be using the official State Department’s email accounts that are maintained on federal servers. Many of the emails that were sent by her were official communications and had to later be marked as classified retroactively by the State Department. This controversy came to the public spotlight during the 2016 presidential bid of Hillary Clinton and the hearings held by the United States House Select Committee on Benghazi.