Story highlights Clinton was interviewed at Recode's Code Conference on Wednesday

"I take responsibility for every decision I make -- but that's not why I lost," Clinton said

(CNN) Hillary Clinton says she takes full responsibility for her decisions.

There's just one catch: She says her decisions weren't the reason that she lost to Donald Trump.

At Recode's Code Conference in California on Wednesday, the former Democratic presidential nominee was reflective, quick to crack jokes -- and eager to cast blame. The more than hour-long question-and-answer event marked the latest in a series of public appearances for Clinton in which she explicitly took on the actions of those around her and other external circumstances in explaining why she lost on Election Day.

"I take responsibility for every decision I make -- but that's not why I lost," Clinton said.

Perhaps Clinton's most fresh and savage criticism on Wednesday was directed at the Democratic National Committee. She went as far as to say that when she became her party's presidential nominee, she inherited "nothing" from the committee.

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