Hillary Clinton has apologised for her use of a private email account as US secretary of state.

Hillary Clinton said she does not need to apologise for using a private e-mail account and server while at the State Department because “what I did was allowed.”

Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton admitted she and her family paid a State Department staffer with personal funds to maintain a private email server that she used for both personal and government matters while secretary of state.

Hillary Clinton has said her family paid a State Department employee to maintain the private email server she used while secretary of state.