Hillary Clinton was the Secretary of State during the Benghazi incident, which means she was the head of the State Department. Investigations into the reasons why the incident occurred were part of a bipartisan Senate report released in 2014, that blames the intelligence community and the State Department and Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens himself, for lapses. read more
Clinton was secretary of state at the time of the attacks. She has taken responsibility for not adequately protecting U.S. personnel in Benghazi, but has rebutted Republican claims that the Obama administration was intentionally trying to mislead the American people about the cause of the attacks. read more