Abject ignorance and incompetence cannot be used as a defense for security violations. At least for ordinary citizens.
The things that you and I would go to prison for is the equivalent of a slap on the wrist for Hillary.
She would never have allowed her State Department underlings to do what she did.
Then again, for good reason Hillary is the Leona Helmsley of politics.
Rules are for the Little People, stupid.
Or for any violation. I know that from personal experience. When the IRS contacted me about not filing tax returns, I told them it was because I didn't know how to operate a pencil. They didn't buy it.