Clinton seems never to have contemplated this kind of admission and course correction; an ironclad rule of U.S. politics is “Never admit you were wrong.” (This rule is one reason why it’s hard to wholeheartedly admire most politicians.) In her book, she accepts some blame for her carelessness, but shrugs off most of the responsibility: “one boneheaded mistake turned into a campaign-defining and -destroying scandal, thanks to a toxic mix of partisan opportunism, interagency turf battles, a rash FBI director, my own inability to explain the whole mess in a way people could understand, and media
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