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Story highlights "I want the public to see my email," Clinton tweeted AP: Server for her personal email address was housed at her home

The developments have escalated since the personal email account was first revealed Monday night, turning into both a political tug-of-war between Republicans and Democrats. The account raises questions -- even from within her party -- about transparency, security in the government and her future.

While the Clintons have plenty of allies, some on the left are using this opportunity as a sign to flag that the Democrats' front-runner in the 2016 campaign might still face some of the same organizational challenges and public relations gaffes her campaign had eight years ago.

As the story continues, here's a look at what you need to know.

Late Wednesday night, Clinton made her first public comments regarding the use of a private email server as opposed to a State Department one.

Marie Harf, a State Department spokeswoman, said the agency would review Clinton's request.

"The State Department will review for public release the emails provided by Secretary Clinton to the Department, using a normal process that guides such releases," Harf said. "We will undertake this review as quickly as possible; given the sheer volume of the document set, this review will take some time to complete."

A senior State Department official said on Thursday the department expects the review of Clinton's emails to "take several months."

Clinton tried to avoid the controversy. On Tuesday night the former secretary of state delivered a much-watched speech in Washington, but did not mention her emails, instead focusing on politics and teasing her likely presidential run.

After the State Department requested all secretaries of state send in their documents in 2014, Clinton and her team turned over 55,000 pages of emails to the State Department in December 2014. It is those emails that the former secretary of state wants released to the public.

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