Hillary Clinton Jokes About Emails, Praises the Press at Event

Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — At an awards ceremony in the nation’s capital for the political-reporting prize named after the late reporter Robin Toner, Hillary Clinton joked late Monday about her sometimes-adversarial relationship with the press–and about her private email account.

Clinton joked with the crowd of reporters that her relationship with the press has always been “complicated” and she is “well aware that some of you may be a little surprised” that she’s here at this awards reception.

“A new email address, why not a new relationship with the press,” Clinton joked.

She also offered up some sympathy for the press and analysis of changes for the industry.

“Every day, you, the writers and reporters in this room, are under even more pressure…from the market…and of course from our politics,” Clinton said. “I think the stakes are really high. Too many of our most important debates occur in what I call an evidence-free zone.”

While public officials and politicians might not always be happy with reporters, Clinton said, “We do understand, in our more rational moments, that is your job.”

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