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TIME Politics 2016 Election Hillary Clinton Recalls Irish Peace Process in Pre-St. Patricks Day Event Yana PaskovaGetty Images Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to the media after keynoting a Women's Empowerment Event at the United Nations on March 10, 2015 in New York City. She recalled her husband's role in the peace process

Hillary Clinton talked about how her husband improved relations with Ireland at a pre-St. Patricks Day event Monday, recalling how he granted Irish nationalist Gerry Adams a visa in 1994.

In a brief speech at the Irish America Hall of Fame ceremony in Manhattan, the former Secretary of State said that President Clintons decision to allow Adams to speak at a conference in New York, which many American opposed, was an important first step toward peace in Ireland since it helped end Sinn Feins international isolation.

Absent that first step, that first risk, we might not have had the momentum to move forward and get to the Good Friday accords and all that has followed, Clinton said.

She recalled her own involvement in the peace process in Ireland, where she visited half a dozen times in the late 1990s and encouraged women to join the political process of Northern Ireland. I was privileged to be in Belfast in November 1995, Clinton said, referring to a visit she paid to the embattled Irish city with her husband.

Her address was one of her final public appearances before she announces her expected bid for president in April. She is also speaking at a paid event Thursday in Atlantic City at an American Camp Association conference.

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Hillary Clinton ignored a question from Fox News on Monday over whether she signed a key document that some say could determine whether she broke the law in leaving the State Department without turning over all official emails.

That document is known as a "separation" form, which officials are supposed to sign upon leaving the department. It certifies that the person who signs it has turned over all "classified or administratively controlled" materials, as well as all "unclassified documents and papers" relating to official government business.

Given the controversy over Clinton's use of personal email, a former Justice Department official said last week that if Clinton signed that form, she probably gave a false statement and broke the law; and if she didn't, she at least ran afoul of department policy.

Fox News asked Clinton on Monday, as she arrived at an awards luncheon for the Irish American Hall of Fame in Manhattan, whether she signed that document.

Clinton said hi as she walked by, but left without answering the question.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki also could not say Monday whether Clinton signed the document.

"We're looking to get an answer, I don't have one today," she said.

Psaki said something similar last week when first asked about the document. She noted it had been "more than two years" and said she did not have an update "on that specific question."

Shannen Coffin, a senior lawyer under the George W. Bush administration, first cited the form OF109 in questioning whether Clinton committed a violation by exclusively using personal email as secretary of state, and then not turning over those emails deemed work-related until after leaving the department.

If she indeed signed the document, he told Fox News last week, "there's no question [she broke the law]."

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ABC's Jonathan Karl made an insightful point on Twitter on Monday morning: Hillary Clinton might end up arguing her case before Congress on more occasions than she argues her case in a primary debate.

To understate it pretty dramatically, that is not ideal for Clinton. But it also depends on what you mean by "debate."

Karl's point is twofold: The first is that it's not clear if or when there will be any official Democratic primary debates -- or, at least, if or when there will be any with a large audience. If there are no strong opponents in the field, few networks (cable or broadcast) will be terribly eager to preempt existing programming to show them. In an age of YouTube and online streaming, that's not as big a deal, since any salient points made by Clinton or her opponent(s) could be shared online. But it also mightnot really lend the air of gravitas that even a candidate as well-positioned as Hillary Clinton would like to have.

Clinton will almost certainly be slotted at least once and perhaps two or three times to speak to Congress, in a much more hostile environment. Last week, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), chairman of the House Benghazi commission, said that he planned to call Clinton to testify before his group, as she did in January of 2013. That would also be a debate, but one in which her opponent is also the moderator -- an unenviable position to put it mildly. Gowdy thinks two appearances might be in order.

Clinton may also be subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee. The chairman of that body, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), plans to investigate Clinton's handling of her e-mail while she was Secretary of State. Debate No. 3.

Meanwhile, Clinton is already engaged in a running debate with her longtime foe: The media. While there is a vocal group on the right that believes the media to be overly solicitous to Clinton, that's pretty clearly not the view of the (likely) candidate. This has been written about ad nauseam, including in an extensive history published last year at Politico. Clinton railed against media bias as the 2008 primary slipped from her grasp; in May of that year former president Bill Clinton called it "the most slanted press coverage in American history."

While questions about Clinton's use of e-mail during her time at the State Department mightnot be a dealbreaker for voters, Clinton held her first press conference as a pseudo-candidate to answer (or, perhaps more accurately, not answer) questions from the press, in much the same way that she'd be forced to rebut questions from an opponent during a televised debate.

Last month, we wondered if Clinton would be radio silent until the general election kicked off, with no debates lined up. Now, an even worse prospect for her: Her only outlets to make points will be ones controlled by groups that either explicitly oppose her or are more interested in uncovering the truth than protecting her party's electoral success. And the fact that Clinton might have a pass to the Democratic nomination will make these battles even more pitched.

They mightnot be the debate opponents Clinton wanted. But it seems likely that these de facto debates will end up being pretty interesting.

Philip Bump writes about politics for The Fix. He is based in New York City.

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