Hillary Rodham Clinton Speaks on Email Scandal - News Update: 'It Would Have Been Smarter to Use Two Devices'

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fielded questions Tuesday afternoon regarding the email controversy that may hinder a potential 2016 presidential run.

"It would have been smarter to use two devices," Clinton said at a United Nations event commemorating the 20^th anniversary of her landmark address at the World Conference on Women in Beijing. "Even if I had two devices, you would still have to put the responsibility on the official."

Clinton, who conducted government business using a private server installed in her home, said she released about 60,000 personal emails to the State Department. Half were personal and pertained to daughter Chelsea's wedding, mother Dorothy Rodham's funeral in 2011, and communication with husband and former President Bill Clinton.

Shortly before Clinton's press conference, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the agency will make 55,000 pages of emails available to the public, though reviewing the documents could take months.

"The laws and regulations in effect when I was secretary of state allowed me to use personal emails at work," Clinton said. When asked why she didn't inform President Obama about her unused "state.gov" address, Clinton said different protocol is taken when it comes to the president. "There are different rules governing the White House than the rules governing the executive branch."

Congressional Republicans, frustrated with the former first lady's aversion to the topic, recently referenced a Wall Street Journal report that the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars in foreign donations after Clinton left her secretary of state position. According to McClatchy DC, more than 40 percent of the foundation's top donors are based in foreign countries.

Last week, a House committee investigating the deadly 2012 Benghazi attacks issued subpoenas for emails Clinton sent from her Internet domain - clintonemail.com.

"Hillary Clinton's response to her email scandal is already turning into another exercise in limiting transparency," Michael Short, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, said in a statement released shortly before Clinton's speech. "She and her team had perhaps hundreds - if not thousands - of options for a venue for today's press conference on her secret email scandal, but Clinton instead chose one of the most difficult places for reporters to get access to: the UN."

The controversy overshadowed a day that should have highlighted Clinton's stance on gender equality. At the United Nations, Clinton recalled twenty years ago proclaiming "human rights are women's right and women's rights are human rights." Tuesday's remarks were Clinton's first on the controversy since a March 4 Twitter post vowing to release her personal emails.

"I trust the American people to make their decisions about political and public matters and I feel like I've taken unprecedented steps for these emails to be in the public domain," Clinton said.