--- title: Democratic Debate: Hillary Clinton Rebuffs Question description: "I'm not even going to answer that question." canonical: https://time.com/4253514/hillary-clinton-emails-jorge-ramos-indictment/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-10T02:51:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:46:05.766Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Hillary Clinton Rebuff a Tough Question on Her Emails og:description: "I'm not even going to answer that question." og:url: https://time.com/4253514/hillary-clinton-emails-jorge-ramos-indictment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9c3439356f755b9/69888a693c16390eb945c602/democratic-presidential-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-election-2016-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Hillary Clinton Rebuff a Tough Question on Her Emails twitter:description: "I'm not even going to answer that question." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9c3439356f755b9/69888a693c16390eb945c602/democratic-presidential-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-election-2016-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Hillary Clinton Rebuff a Tough Question on Her Emails by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Mar 10, 2016 2:51 AM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participates in a debate in Kendall, Fla. on March 9, 2016. Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participates in a debate in Kendall, Fla. on March 9, 2016.Carlo Allegri—Reuters by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Mar 10, 2016 2:51 AM UTC On the campaign trail, Donald Trump likes to claim that Hillary Clinton may not even be the Democratic presidential candidate because she’ll be in jail. The far-fetched argument is that Clinton will be indicted and found guilty for setting up a private email server while she was Secretary of State. At the CNN/Univision debate Wednesday, moderator Jorge Ramos asked Clinton if she was indicted if she would drop out of the race. Clinton quickly rebuffed the question. “Oh for goodness— that is not going to happen,” she said. “I’m not even going to answer that question.” Clinton was grilled about her private email account early into the primetime debate, responding to questions about who gave her permission to create and used a private email server during her time in office. She admitted that her failure to use a government account was a “mistake” but held that it was not prohibited during her time in office. 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