On the campaign trail, Senator Hillary Clinton is continuing to refuse to describe her 2002 Iraq war vote as a mistake. In an interview on Meet the Press with Tim Russert, Clinton claimed that the 2002 vote was not actually a vote for war.

Sen. Clinton: “It is absolutely unfair to say that the vote, as Chuck Hagel, who was one of the architects of the resolution, has said, was a vote for war. It was a vote to use the threat of force against Saddam Hussein, who never did anything without being made to do so.”

Tim Russert: “The title of the act was the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq resolution.”

Clinton said she backed the bill after the Bush administration told her they intended to put inspectors back in Iraq and permit them to finish their job.