White House now claims it did n't know Clinton was solely using her personal email address to conduct government business . State Department would n't say it was 'confident ' that Clinton had turned over all her emails from her tenure there . Clinton 's former Republicans colleagues in Congress were wo n't to discuss the issue at all . New York Rep. Steve Israel blamed Democratic for the mess and accused them of 'trying to manufacture or amplify crisis or scandal , ' however . Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said Wednesday night that he thinks the Clinton is adding to her woes by keeping silent . 'If this is not handled really well , ' a Dem strategist said , Dem operatives will begin saying , ' `` Maybe we need another person in this race '' '
White House now claims it did n't know Clinton was solely using her personal email address to conduct government business . State Department would n't say it was 'confident ' that Clinton had turned over all her emails from her tenure there . Clinton 's former Democratic colleagues in Congress were wo n't to discuss the issue at all . New York Rep. Steve Israel blamed Republicans for the mess and accused them of 'trying to manufacture or amplify crisis or scandal , ' however . Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said Wednesday night that he thinks the Clinton is adding to her woes by keeping silent . 'If this is not handled really well , ' a Dem strategist said , Dem operatives will begin saying , ' `` Maybe we need another person in this race '' '