Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail. (AP File Photo)

(CNSNews.com) - Hillary Clinton answered six questions from reporters on Thursday, two of them dealing with when she told her running mate that she had pneumonia. Kaine has not said when he learned she was ill, but apparently it was not on Friday when she says she was diagnosed.



Clinton was ushered out of a 9-11 Memorial event on Sunday, and was seen collapsing into a Secret Service van. That's when the public learned she had pneumonia.



"I'm wondering when you informed him, and if you didn't inform him on Friday, what does that say about what your relationship would be like with him in the White House?" a reporter asked Clinton.



"You know, my senior staff knew and information was provided to a number of people," Clinton said. "And look -- this was an ailment that many people just power through and that's what I thought I would do as well.





"I didn't want to stop, I didn't want to quit campaigning, I certainly didn't want to miss the 9/11 memorial. As a senator at that time, I consider it a sacred moment and I was determined to get there.



"It didn't work out so I got the antibiotics up and going, got the rest that I needed and we're going on from there."



The reporter followed up: "In terms of Tim Kaine, can you expand on how often you talk, what's your -- see your relationship with whether he would be a real partner..."



"No, I communicated with Tim, I talked to him again last night," Clinton responded. "He has been a great partner and he's going to be a great vice president.



"We communicated. We have communicated, but I am not going to go into our personal conversations, and I feel very comfortable and confident about our relationship, and I really look forward to working with him closely."



Clinton then got a third question on the way her campaign dealt with her illness, and she seemed to blame her staffers:



"You know, my campaign has said that they could have been faster, and I agree with that," Clinton said. "I certainly expect them to be as focused and quick as possible. But I have to say, from my perspective, I thought I was going to be fine.



"And I thought that there wasn't really any reason to make a big fuss about it. So I should've time off earlier, I didn't, now I have and I'm back on the campaign trail."



On Monday, Sen. Kaine (D-Va.) told reporters in Dayton, Ohio, that he and Hillary "communicated pretty quickly yesterday (Sunday), and I was struck by, immediately, how responsive she was to me, but also how chatty and funny she was."



"She knew what I was doing yesterday (Sunday) was very full with debate prep and briefings, and she was kind of joking around with me about how unpleasant my day was going to be with that."