Hillary Clinton was about to be taken to an emergency hospital per normal protocol when she was diverted to daughter Chelsea Clinton's apartment, it was revealed.

The normal Secret Service protocol for a protectee such as Clinton, who stumbled on the way to her van after leaving Sept. 11th services after feeling 'overheated,' would be to get taken to a Level 1 trauma center.

But a campaign aide made the decision to avoid sending Clinton to a hospital where her treatment would have caused a spectacle and led to leaks, a source told the New York Post.

Instead, she went to Chelsea's Manhattan apartment, where according to a campaign spokesman Clinton soon felt well enough to chase granddaughter Charlotte around the apartment.

The Secret Service also hustled Clinton away from the event before an NYPD escort could scramble to accompany her, another apparent break from protocol.

A source told the paper Clinton had already told NYPD she didn't want the police escort, but had been overruled.

Normal protocol called for Hillary Clinton to be taken to a Level I trauma hospital. Instead, she went to daughter Chelea's apartment, and was examined by her personal physician at home

Clinton campaign spokesman Glen Caplin disputed the paper's account, saying, 'As soon as she got into the vehicle, she was feeling fine. Her preference was to go to Chelsea's. Based on an assessment of her condition and after having conferred with her physician, the staff and the Secret Service thought it was appropriate.'

The Washington Post reported that typically, a protectee does not wait for a vehicle to arrive, as Clinton did Sunday. The paper also reported that it was 'unusual' for a detail leader to leave a protectee's side, as occurred Sunday when an agent opened doors to the van.

The Secret Service provided no additional information when asked about the report that normal protocol called for going directly to the hospital. 'The Secret Service remains confident in the actions taken by Democratic Nominee Clinton’s protective detail,' the agency told DailyMail.com.

On Sunday, the agency tweeted: 'At no time did any Secret Service personnel violate security protocols.'

The agency later tweeted: 'The @SecretService is confident in the actions taken by its Protective Detail earlier today.'

The paper reported that the Secret Service 'followed atypical protocol.'

The Secret Service said 'at no time' were security protocols violated

The agency also expressed confidence in the detail protecting Hillary Clinton

Clinton's physician, Dr. Lisa Bardack, released a statement late afternoon Sunday stating that she had examined Clinton at her home in Chappaqua, New York.

'Secretary Clinton has been experiencing a cough related to allergies,' Bardack said in the letter where she revealed Clinton had been diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday.

'She was put on antibiotics, and advised to rest and modify her schedule. At this morning's event, she became overheated and dehydrated,' she said.

'She was put on antibiotics, and advised to rest and modify her schedule,' Bardack added. 'At this morning's event, she became overheated and dehydrated.'

Clinton told CNN's Anderson Cooper Monday night via telephone she was feeling 'much better,' adding, 'Obviously I should have gotten some rest sooner.'

'I felt overheated. I decided that I did need to leave, and as soon as I got into the air-conditioned van, I cooled off, I got some water and very quickly I felt better. So I felt fine, but I'm now taking my doctor's advice – which was given to me on Friday that I ignored – to just take some time to get over pneumonia completely,' Clinton said.

Hillary Clinton (left, on Sunday) says she's 'feeling fine and getting better' after overheating on Sunday morning at a 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York City. She will not attend an event in Las Vegas on Wednesday, however, her campaign said Monday evening. Bill Clinton (right) will go in her stead

Hillary Clinton called in to Anderson Cooper to say she kept her pneumonia diagnosis secret because she didn't 'think it was going to be that big a deal.

Clinton made her first public comments of the day early Monday evening on Twitter. The 'H' at the end of the tweet stands for Hillary and it means the candidate wrote the message, not her staff

Press stake out Hillary Clinton's home in Chappaqua, New York, on Monday. Clinton is holed up there with pneumonia

Video has surfaced of Hillary Clinton appearing to stumble as she was led into a van after suffering a 'medical episode' during the 9/11 memorial service on Sunday. Her doctor later revealed that she has been diagnosed with pneumonia

Clinton says she didn't faint while getting into the van but had felt dizzy and stumbled as she got in. But after sitting in the air conditioning and drinking a glass of water she says she 'immediately' began feeling better.

'No, I didn't (pass out or lose consciousness). I felt dizzy and I did lose my balance for a minute, but once I got in, once I could sit down, once I could cool off, once I had some water, I immediately started feeling better,' she explained.