WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Top aides to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fretted over how she would be portrayed after the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed the US ambassador to Libya and three other Americans, e-mails released on Friday showed.
The e-mails from Clinton’s personal e-mail account made public by the State Department do not appear to contain any revelations that could badly damage her bid for the presidency in 2016 or provide fodder for Republicans who accuse her of being negligent before the Benghazi attacks.
But they offer a glimpse into how Clinton’s team was concerned about her image immediately afterwards.
A senior adviser to Clinton, Jake Sullivan, forwarded an e-mail from a State Department official about positive media coverage of a statement she gave on Sept 12, 2012, the day after the killings.
