Clinton allies are reportedly frustrated with her 'stubbornness' about the emails

Hillary Clinton.
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Hillary Clinton is prolonging her own misery where her email scandal is concerned, unnamed aides and allies with close ties to the Democratic candidate have told The Hill.

"I think there are a number of supporters who want her to give a different answer so that even if it doesn't put it to bed, it sounds more sincere," said one aide, who observed that in a time when it's crucial to impress voters, Clinton is "not coming off well." That aide called Clinton "stubborn" on the email issue, while another faulted her for being "careless," particularly since the candidate must realize "that every utterance on the topic is going to be thrown into the crucible."

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.