the State Department said in an interview that he learned Clinton used a private email account to conduct official business at 'the same time as everybody else ' 'The point that the president was making is not that he didn ’ t know Secretary Clinton ’ s email address , he did , ' the State Department 's spokesman said . 'But he was not aware of the details of how that email address and that server had been set up or how Secretary Clinton ' the State Department said he was glad Clinton wanted her emails to be released and praised the job she did at Obama . The controversy threatens to overshadow Clinton 's expected presidential campaign .
Obama said in an interview that he learned Clinton used a private email account to conduct official business at 'the same time as everybody else ' 'The point that the president was making is not that he didn ’ t know Secretary Clinton ’ s email address , he did , ' Obama 's spokesman said . 'But he was not aware of the details of how that email address and that server had been set up or how Secretary Clinton ' Obama said he was glad Clinton wanted her emails to be released and praised the job she did at the State Department . The controversy threatens to overshadow Clinton 's expected presidential campaign .