Always always always parse it:
“I made policy decisions based on what I thought was right to keep Americans safe and protect U.S. interests abroad,” she said. - Ummm, policy is not the same as a discrete action.
The emails did not, however, show Clinton giving special favors to those donors. - SHE did not SAY they didn’t give special favors.
Right. It depends on how you define “is”. “Americans” protected by Hillary’s decisions are Bill, Hillary, Chelsea and their sycophants. U.S. interests abroad are same plus the various Clinton “charities” and their income streams.