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On Tuesday, she finally apologized.

"I'm sorry about that," Clinton said Tuesday during an interview on ABC News' "World News Tonight with David Muir," acknowledging that she should have used separate accounts for work and personal business. "I take responsibility and I am trying to be as transparent as I possibly can."

Clinton began the long road to the apology in March by explaining that she had used her personal email "for convenience."

Five months later, in August, she admitted, "these years later, it doesn't look so convenient."

Along the way, she touted the release of 55,000 pages of her emails.

"Everything I did was permitted," she told CNN in July. "There was no law, there was no regulation, there was nothing that did not give me the full authority to decide how I as going to communicate."

At the end of July and the beginning of August, her explanations turned to security.

"I never sent nor received any information that was classified at the time it was sent," Clinton said.

Clinton also went through a period of exasperation with the story's persistence. She joked with reporters about wiping the server with a cloth and downplayed the story by telling reporters, "Nobody talks to me about it, other than you guys."

By the end of August, she changed her tone.

"It clearly wasn't the best choice. I should have used two emails," she said. "And I take responsibility for that decision."

On Tuesday, during a taping of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," Clinton told the host, "I made a mistake, and I'm sorry for all the confusion that has ensued."

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Clinton said the Iran deal -- which has drawn fierce opposition from Republicans and some Democrats -- is not a step toward normalizing relations with Iran, and she devoted a large portion of her speech at the Brookings Institution to speaking about the need to protect Israel.

Speaking directly to Iran, Clinton said, "The United States will never allow you to acquire a nuclear weapon," adding that she "will not hesitate to take military action if Iran attempts to obtain a nuclear weapon."

The former secretary of state reiterated that she supported the deal because it is a critical part "of a larger strategy toward Iran."

"My approach will be distrust and verify," Clinton said. "We should anticipate that Iran will test the next president."

"That won't work if I am in the White House," Clinton added.

Clinton's speech was full of blunt, tough talk on Iran. She said the country has the "blood of Americans" on its hands, and said she understands "the skepticism so many feel about Iran" due to their "aggression in the Middle East."

"Is (the deal) perfect? Of course not. No agreement like this ever is," Clinton said. "But is it a strong agreement? Yes, it is."

Israel was a key focus for Clinton throughout the speech.

Clinton stressed America's commitment to the Jewish state and promised to continue supporting Israel's military edge over neighboring countries. She also pitched increasing support for Israel's rocket and missile defenses and will back selling Israel more sophisticated aircraft and weapons.

"I wouldn't support his agreement for one second if I thought it put Israel in greater danger," she said. "I know well that the same forces that threaten Israel, threaten the United States. To the people of Israel, you will never have to question whether we are with you. The United States will always be with you."

On domestic policy in Iran, Clinton said she won't rest until every single American citizen detained in the country is brought home. Iran continues to detain three Americans of Iranian background. A fourth American, who was a CIA contractor, remains missing after visiting the country.

She also called for expanding the U.S. military presence in the region, particularly to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, and push to build coalitions to counter Iran proxies like Hezbollah.

Throughout a question-and-answer session, where Clinton was questioned by scholars from the think tank, she subtly claimed she was more hawkish than her former boss, President Barack Obama. On issues like Syria, Russia and Israel, Clinton said cast herself as more forceful.

On Russia's annexation of Crimea, Clinton said, "I am in the category of people who wanted us to do more in response to the annexation of Crimea and the continuing destabilization of Ukraine," a position that puts her at odds with the administration.

Democrats on Tuesday gave Obama the votes he needs to prevent the Senate from passing a measure disapproving of the Iran nuclear deal. Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell, Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Michigan Sen. Gary Peters and Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden on Tuesday all announced in rapid-fire succession they would support the deal, giving Obama 42 votes of support in the Senate.

Many Republicans remain against the deal and on Wednesday -- the same day Clinton speaks at the Washington think-tank -- 2016 Republican candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, along with former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, will headline a rally on the West Front of the Capitol to express their opposition to the deal.

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CNN's Tal Kopan contributed to this report.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, pictured here on Tuesday, March 3, has become one of the most powerful people in Washington. Here's a look at her life and career through the years.

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Rodham, center, a lawyer for the Rodino Committee, and John Doar, left, chief counsel for the committee, bring impeachment charges against President Richard Nixon in the Judiciary Committee hearing room at the U.S. Capitol in 1974.

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Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton helps first lady Rosalynn Carter on a campaign swing through Arkansas in June 1979. Also seen in the photo is Hillary Clinton, center background.

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Bill Clinton embraces his wife shortly after a stage light fell near her on January 26, 1992. They talk to Don Hewitt, producer of the CBS show "60 Minutes."

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Hillary Clinton on Tuesday told ABC News David Muir that using a personal email account while Secretary of State was a mistake and that she is sorry for it.

I do think I could have and should have done a better job answering questions earlier. I really didnt perhaps appreciate the need to do that, the democratic presidential candidate told Muir in an exclusive interview in New York City. "What I had done was allowed, it was above board. But in retrospect, as I look back at it now, even though it was allowed, I should have used two accounts. One for personal, one for work-related emails. That was a mistake. Im sorry about that. I take responsibility.

This is the farthest Clinton has gone yet in offering an apology for her use of a private email server while Secretary of State.

Clinton told the Associated Press on Monday that she would not apologize for it because what I did was allowed.

When asked by Muir to clarify if she did feel she made a mistake by using her private account, Clinton conceded she did.

I did, I did, Clinton said. As I said, it was allowed and there was no hiding it. It was totally above board. Everybody in the government I communicated, and that was a lot of people, knew I was using a personal email. But Im sorry that it has, you know, raised all of these questions. I do take responsibility for having made what is clearly not the best decision.

While Secretary of State, Clinton used a private email server based out of her home in Chappaqua, New York to send and receive work-related emails. Her decision to do so has raised questions over classified material.

Clinton has since turned over more than 55,000 pages of emails from her email server to the State Department, which are being released in batches. (Clintons team deemed roughly 31,000 emails to be "personal and private. Those were not turned over and have since been deleted.)

Last month, Clinton also turned over her private server and thumb drive to the Justice Department amid a federal investigation into the security of the server and whether there was classified information in the emails from the private account she was using.

On Tuesday, Clinton maintained that she did not send or receive classified material on the account and reiterated she is trying to be as transparent as possible in her handling of the email controversy.

Clintons interview, her first national television interview with an evening news anchor since launching her campaign five months ago, comes after a rocky summer where she faced growing scrutiny over her use of a private email account and dropping poll numbers.

A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found that 53 percent of Americans now see Clinton unfavorably, up 8 points since midsummer.

Even so, Clinton remains optimistic about the future of her campaign.

When asked by Muir if she will be able to survive the email controversy dogging her campaign, Clinton said she has no doubt that I can survive it.

Of course I can, she said. I, as you might guess, have been around a while and there have been lots of, you know, attacks and counter-attacks and questions raised. And I can survive it because I think Im running to be president to do what the country needs done. And I believe the American people will respond to that.

Muir asked Clinton if there is ever an instance where she asks herself, "Why am I doing this again?"

"Of course. Because it's really hard," Clinton explained. "It's something that just demands everything. Physically, emotionally, spiritually. It is just 24/7."

Despite the challenging days on the campaign trail, however, Clinton told Muir shes still having a good time.

Its hard, but its fun, Clinton said. Most of the things that are hard in life are fun.

Clinton mentioned one of her great, favorite lines from the 1992 movie A League of Their Own, about a professional all-female baseball league, which gives her inspiration.

Tom Hanks playing the broken down, drunken coach confronts the player that said, Look, its just so hard, Clinton explains. "And he says, Its supposed to be hard. If it wasnt hard, anybody could do it.

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Hillary Clinton on Private Email: That Was a Mistake. Im ...

During an interview with ABC News, Hillary Clinton apologized for using a private e-mail server during her time as secretary or state. Here are past statements where the presidential hopeful neglected to take personal responsibility for the controversy. (The Washington Post)

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A day after again declining to apologize for her use of a private e-mail system while she was secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton told an interviewer Tuesday that the arrangement was a mistake and that she is "sorry" for it.

As I look back at it now, even though it was allowed, I should have used two accounts. That was a mistake. Im sorry about that. I take responsibility, Clinton said in an interview withABC News.

The statement was the furthest Clinton has gone in showing remorse for the arrangement, which mingled her work and personal communications and kept them outsidethe regular State Department e-mail system. The FBI is investigating whether the system, maintained on a privately owned computer server at Clinton'sNew York home, jeopardized classified information.

In interviews Friday with NBC and Monday with the Associated Press, Clinton haddeclined to apologize, even as she said the arrangement was a poor choice that she regrets. She told NBC interviewer Andrea Mitchell that she is sorry the issue is confusing for people, but insisted that she had done nothing wrong.

She would not apologize, she told the AP, because what I did was allowed.

Republican critics had begun to use the question of an apology against her, undermining the campaign's plan to address thecomplex e-mail issue more directly and with greater humility. Questions about the private system have contributed to Clinton's slide in the polls, with more people saying they do not trust her.

A Washington Post/ABC News poll this monthfound that 53 percent of Americans now see Clinton unfavorably. That rating rose by8 percentage points since earlier in the summer, tipping the balance to a majority of Americans now seeing her in an unfavorable light.

Clinton turned over copies of roughly 30,000 e-mails atthe State Department's request late last year, nearly two years after she left office. At the same time she directed that a slightly larger number of e-mails stored on the server be destroyedbecause she deemed them personal and not part of her government business. Initially she refused to turn over the server, but did so in August.

Clinton told ABC that shedid not send or receive classified material on the account and saidshe is trying to be as transparent as I possibly can.

Late Tuesday, the campaign sent a message to supporters in Clinton's name reiterating the apology. Donors and activists have been complaining to the campaign headquarters for weeks that the e-mail issue was being mishandled, and it largely is their concern and disappointment Clinton is trying to head off.

"I wanted you to hear this directly from me," this e-mailed statement to supporters said. "Yes, I should have used two email addresses, one for personal matters and one for my work at the State Department. Not doing so was a mistake. I'm sorry about it, and I take full responsibility."

Clinton went on to stress, as she regularly does, that her personal account was "aboveboard," and that "nothing I ever sent or received was marked classified at the time. "

Despite the campaigns effort to more directly confront its problems stemming from the e-mail saga, Clintons own reckoning with it still seemed grudging.

In March, she insisted that she had done everything by the State Department book and had nothing for which to answer; last month she said that she gets it that voters have questions. That was a significant shift as was the decision to stop insisting the controversy was a manufactured Republican hit job.

But until now, Clinton had always said that although she would make a different choice today, there was nothing inherently wrong with setting up the system as she did.

Clintons reversal on making an apology echoed the protracted 2008 campaign discussion of whether she would say she was wrong or sorry about her Senate vote in support of the Iraq war.

In both cases, Clinton adopted a narrow and somewhat lawyerly stance at first, then came to a more direct show of remorse.

Anne Gearan is a national politics correspondent for The Washington Post.

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