Hillary Clinton has apologised for using a private email account when she was secretary of state, in her latest attempt to defuse a public relations problem that is taking a toll on her campaign for the White House.
希拉里克林頓(Hillary Clinton)已經(jīng)為在擔(dān)任國務(wù)卿時(shí)使用私人郵件賬號(hào)之事道歉，這是她做出的最新嘗試，以平息一個(gè)對(duì)其競選總統(tǒng)造成損害的公關(guān)問題。
After months of saying that she regretted using a private email address while insisting that she had done nothing wrong, Mrs Clinton said she was “sorry”.
數(shù)月來，希拉里曾對(duì)使用私人郵件賬戶表示后悔，但堅(jiān)稱自己沒有做錯(cuò)任何事。如今，她表示“為此道歉”。
“That was a mistake. I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility,” Mrs Clinton told ABC News on Tuesday. “I am trying to be as transparent as I possibly can.”
“那是一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤，我為此道歉，我對(duì)此負(fù)責(zé)。”希拉里周二對(duì)美國廣播公司(ABC News)表示。“我正努力盡最大可能澄清此事。”
Her apology comes as polls show sinking support for her candidacy, which has fuelled speculation that Joe Biden, the vice-president, will decide to enter the 2016 race for the White House.
希拉里道歉之際，民意調(diào)查顯示，支持她成為總統(tǒng)候選人的比例在下降。這加劇了人們的猜想：副總統(tǒng)喬拜登(Joe Biden)將決定參加2016年總統(tǒng)選舉。
Mrs Clinton was the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination when she launched her second campaign, but her handling of the email issue has dented support. A new poll from Monmouth University found that 42 per cent of Democrats back her candidacy, a big drop from several months ago.
當(dāng)希拉里第二次尋求參加競選時(shí)，她是民主黨中顯而易見的領(lǐng)跑者，但她對(duì)郵件問題的處理降低了支持率。蒙莫斯大學(xué)(Monmouth University)一次新的民意調(diào)查顯示，42%的民主黨人支持希拉里參選總統(tǒng)，大大低于幾個(gè)月前水平。
According to the poll, 20 per cent of Democrats support Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator, while 22 per cent back Mr Biden even though he has not said whether he will run. The falling poll numbers have sparked concern in the Clinton camp — and among some donors — that her refusal to recognise the gravity of the email issue is fuelling a perception that she sees herself as being subject to different rules.
該調(diào)查顯示，民主黨人中有20%支持佛特蒙州參議員伯尼儠德斯(Bernie Sanders)，有22%支持拜登，盡管拜登尚未表示將參選。民調(diào)支持率下降使希拉里陣營以及部分捐款者擔(dān)心，她拒絕承認(rèn)郵件問題的嚴(yán)重性，將助長外界的一種觀點(diǎn)：即希拉里認(rèn)為自己適用于不同的規(guī)則。
Mrs Clinton has been dogged by questions about the private email account and an unencrypted server in her home since it emerged in March that she had conducted her personal and official correspondence as secretary of state over the same account. The scandal recently took a new twist after it emerged that the FBI was probing whether classified information was mishandled in connection with the account.
3月份，有消息稱希拉里在擔(dān)任國務(wù)卿時(shí)，曾使用同一個(gè)賬戶處理個(gè)人和官方通信。自那以來，希拉里受到有關(guān)私人郵件賬戶及其家中服務(wù)器未加密等問題的困擾。近來，又有報(bào)道稱，美國聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局(FBI)正在調(diào)查那個(gè)賬戶是否不當(dāng)被用于處理機(jī)密信息，導(dǎo)致這場郵件丑聞出現(xiàn)新轉(zhuǎn)折。
The former New York senator has insisted that she did not send or receive information that was marked classified at the time of transmittal. However, the discovery of emails that were later deemed to be secret has intensified questions about why she used an unencrypted server in her home.
希拉里這位前紐約州參議員堅(jiān)稱，在郵件通信時(shí)，沒有收發(fā)標(biāo)有“機(jī)密”字樣的信息。然而，后來則查出被視為屬于秘密的郵件，這使人們對(duì)希拉里為何使用家中非加密服務(wù)器產(chǎn)生了更大的疑問。
She has also faced scrutiny about her decision to delete tens of thousands of emails that she deemed to be private, before she handed her emails over to the state department, which is now complying with a court order to release all her email correspondence before January. Last month she gave the server to the FBI, which may be able to retrieve the deleted messages, experts say.
在把個(gè)人郵件交給美國國務(wù)院之前，希拉里刪除了數(shù)萬份自己認(rèn)為的私人郵件，這個(gè)決定也讓她受到審查。目前，美國國務(wù)院正在執(zhí)行一家法院裁定，公布希拉里在1月以前的所有郵件內(nèi)容。上個(gè)月，希拉里把家中服務(wù)器交給了美國聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局，專家表示，美國聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局也許能夠恢復(fù)被刪除的郵件。
While some Democratic supporters have expressed frustration at the way Mrs Clinton has handled the email issue, Republicans have called into question her competency to serve as commander-in-chief.
一些民主黨支持者對(duì)希拉里處理郵件問題的方式表示失望，共和黨人則對(duì)她擔(dān)任美國總統(tǒng)的能力表示懷疑。
“The only thing Hillary Clinton regrets is that she got caught and is dropping in the polls, not the fact her secret email server left classified information exposed to the Russians and Chinese,” said Allison Moore, press secretary for the Republican National Committee. “Hillary Clinton’s reckless attempt to skirt government transparency laws put our national security at risk and shows she cannot be trusted in the White House.”
“希拉里唯一后悔的事情，是她被逮著了，民意支持率下降了，而不是她的秘密郵件服務(wù)器讓機(jī)密信息暴露在俄羅斯人和中國人面前，”共和黨全國委員會(huì)(Republican National Committee)新聞秘書艾莉森槧爾(Allison Moore)說。“希拉里企圖繞過政府信息公開法律的魯莽行動(dòng)，把我們國家的安全置于風(fēng)險(xiǎn)之中，也表明她無法成為值得信賴的美國總統(tǒng)。”
