--- title: Hillary Clinton: Read the 6 Most Interesting Emails description: She needed help finding an NPR station on Long Island canonical: https://time.com/4056800/read-the-6-most-interesting-hillary-clinton-emails/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-30T22:10:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:02.588Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read the 6 Most Interesting Hillary Clinton Emails og:description: She needed help finding an NPR station on Long Island og:url: https://time.com/4056800/read-the-6-most-interesting-hillary-clinton-emails/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35cc555dfffe039b/698866552dce0100279e5ce1/hillary-clinton21.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4083 og:image:height: 2297 og:image:alt: Hillary Rodham Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the 6 Most Interesting Hillary Clinton Emails twitter:description: She needed help finding an NPR station on Long Island twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35cc555dfffe039b/698866552dce0100279e5ce1/hillary-clinton21.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read the 6 Most Interesting Hillary Clinton Emails > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Sep 30, 2015 10:10 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Jonathan Bachman—AP by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Sep 30, 2015 10:10 PM UTC The State Department released its latest trove of thousands of emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server in response to Freedom of Information requests Wednesday. The emails reveal the personal side of the now-Democratic presidential front-runner, as well as provide a window into her inner circle’s thinking about policy. Here are six illustrative messages: A White House operator believed Hillary Clinton was an imposter > [](https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/649323427929714692) Clinton tried to find the NPR station on the east end of Long Island. > [](https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/649319441294053376) Clinton aides celebrated her record approval ratings, praising their strategy of openness with the press—which has since subsided. > [](https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/649314895268290560) Clinton praised the launch of the Democratic opposition research group American Bridge, which is now working to elect her president. > [](https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/649312969487204353) Clinton objected to the State Department dropping “mother and father” > [](https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/649317191972732928) Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal presented her with suggested talking points to emphasize a “successful strategy” in ousting Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi. > [](https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/649317597306048512) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4056800/read-the-6-most-interesting-hillary-clinton-emails/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4056800/read-the-6-most-interesting-hillary-clinton-emails/"},"headline":"Read the 6 Most Interesting Hillary Clinton Emails","datePublished":"2015-09-30T22:10:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:02.588Z","description":"She needed help finding an NPR station on Long Island","url":"https://time.com/4056800/read-the-6-most-interesting-hillary-clinton-emails/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35cc555dfffe039b/698866552dce0100279e5ce1/hillary-clinton21.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35cc555dfffe039b/698866552dce0100279e5ce1/hillary-clinton21.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Rodham Clinton","caption":"Hillary Rodham Clinton","creditText":"Jonathan Bachman—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4056800/read-the-6-most-interesting-hillary-clinton-emails/","name":"Read the 6 Most Interesting Hillary Clinton Emails"}}]}] ```