7,000 of Hillary Clinton’s personal emails from her time as secretary of state. The emails touch on a variety of issues from WikiLeaks to gefilte fish. Clinton's use of a personal email account has become a heated issue during the 2016 presidential campaign, as some say she should have been using a government account, rather than her personal one, while in office. Critics have called the affair a scandal, implying the former secretary of state and Democratic presidential front-runner has something to hide.