Hillary Clinton’s e-mails spark Facebook chatter

Hillary Rodham Clinton answers questions about her use of private e-mail while the nation’s top diplomat. (Richard Drew, AP)

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mails helped spark a debate on Facebook, especially when she finally broke her silence about her use of a private account

There were more than 2.3 million Facebook interactions — likes, posts, comments and shares — about Clinton on March 10 when she described using a private e-mail account as a matter of “convenience,”  according to data provided to USA TODAY.  The day after the news conference, interactions about the likely Democratic presidential candidate hit nearly 2 million.

As you might expect, interactions about Clinton jumped after TheNew York Times

Andy Stone, a Facebook spokesman, told USA TODAY the topics most frequently discussed on the social site about Clinton involve the topics of government ethics, foreign policy and international relations.