( CNN ) Hillary Clinton made it clear Tuesday that when it comes to her emails , which traveled through a private server during her time at the State Department , we 'll all just have to trust -- and she 'll verify . Using strong language , the former secretary of state insisted that despite concerns from both sides of the aisle on issues including national security , accountability and transparency , there 's simply nothing to see here . `` I went above and beyond what I was requested to do , '' she said . `` I fully complied with every rule , '' she declared . And in case you were wondering if there was going to be an independent review of her emails , there is n't . Nor will she turn over her server . `` The server will remain private . '' There you go . Defiant , unfazed , undeterred . You can believe fact checkers will work overtime to parse the bit about complying with every rule . Even the White House has disagreed with that . As for everyone else , the question is n't whether Clinton did enough Tuesday to satisfy House Republicans , who will no doubt continue to hammer her on decisions she made while at State . Nor is it whether she did enough to satisfy Republican voters , who have a crystallized view of Clinton that goes all the way back to the '90s . The perception that this is just another in a long line of instances where the Clintons flouted the rules is fairly unshakable . Likewise , her cadre of loyal surrogates , who showed just how unhinged they are willing to sound to defend the irreproachable HRC in recent days , are sure to keep on circling the wagons and telling us that she is the victim of a right-wing smear campaign and -- wait for it -- media bias . The audience for whom this press conference mattered most was Democratic and independent voters , who may admire Hillary Clinton , but as history has proved , simply can not be counted on to vote for her in 2016 , especially if someone else comes along on her left . Remember , Clinton was n't defeated in 2008 by Republicans . She was beaten by a little-known , inexperienced Democrat . That means that the half of the country that was predisposed to like her politics and who already knew who she was chose someone else . And the other half of the country did , too . She 's just as vulnerable , if not more , to the same kind of usurpation in 2016 , thanks to an even greater sense of inevitability on the left , and the reflexive rush to protect her from valid questions and criticism is n't helping to dissolve it . Instead of insisting she did nothing wrong and smugly placating nosy reporters , she should have promised these voters that transparency and accountability -- two words she did n't utter Tuesday -- are the cornerstones of good government and any future administration she were to run . She should have assured them that the rules do apply to her , just like anyone else , and that in the future she 'll pay closer attention to them . Finally , she should have told them that the last thing she wants is to take the trust of the voters for granted , and that she 'll comply with any independent investigation that 's offered . Defiance has paid off for the Clintons in that they 've made it through some truly breathtaking scandals unscathed . But if Clinton wants 2016 to turn out differently than 2008 , she and her surrogates ca n't keep insisting to voters that she is above scrutiny .
S.E . The only thing that is missing from this article is the fact that it was a false flag operation to get rid of Trump. At press conference , Hillary Clinton insists there was nothing amiss with her use of personal email while secretary of state . Clinton is not invulnerable : She risks losing Democratic and independent voters , who abandoned her in 2008 , she says . Cupp : She should have assured them that the rules do apply to her , that transparency and accountability matter .