def _client_receive(self):
        """Receives the server's response of an Rpc message.

        Returns:
            Raw byte string of the response.

        Raises:
            Error: a socket error occurred during the read.
        """
        try:
            response = self._client.readline()
            self.log.debug('Snippet received: %s', response)
            return response
        except socket.error as e:
            raise Error(
                self._ad,
                'Encountered socket error reading RPC response "%s"' % e)