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Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton spoke at a convention of black and Hispanic journalists in Washington Friday, answering several questions afterward._ by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Aug 5, 2016 8:15 PM UTC Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton spoke at a convention of black and Hispanic journalists in Washington Friday, answering several questions afterward. by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Aug 5, 2016 8:15 PM UTC Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton [spoke at a convention](http://time.com/4441296/hillary-clinton-nabj-nahj-conference/) of black and Hispanic journalists in Washington Friday, answering several questions afterward. NBC News White House correspondent Kirsten Welker and Telemundo national correspondent Lori Montenegro moderated the question and answer portion of the event. Here’s a transcript of her remarks. --- > “” --- ## Transcript I never sent or received anything that was marked classified. Now, if in retrospect which is what is behind 100 number, if in retrospect, some different agency said, but it should have been although it wasn't, it should have been. That's what the debate is about. But Director Comey said there was absolutely no intention on my part to either ignore or in anyway dismissed the importance of those documents. Because Marked classified. If any of you have ever served in the government, a classified document has a big heading on the top. Which, makes very clear what the classification is. And in questioning, director Comey made The point that the three emails out of the 30, 000 did not have the appropriate markings. And it was therefore reasonable to conclude that anyone including myself would have Not suspected that they were classified. So they have short circuited it, and for that, I will try to clarify, because I think Chris Wallace and I were probably talking past each other. Because of course, he could only talk to what I had told the FBI and I appreciated that. 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