Washington (CNN) Most Americans say the way Hillary Clinton handled her email as secretary of state is an important indicator of her character, a reversal since March when it was first revealed she used a private email server to conduct government business.

Photos: Hillary Clinton email controversy Photos: Hillary Clinton email controversy Hillary Clinton, while U.S. secretary of state, checks her Blackberry on a military plane in October 2011. Clinton said she used a private email account for her official work at the State Department and that she did so out of convenience. But she admitted in retrospect "it would have been better" to use multiple emails. Hide Caption 1 of 7 Photos: Hillary Clinton email controversy Clinton checks her phone after addressing the U.N. Security Council in March 2012. Hide Caption 2 of 7 Photos: Hillary Clinton email controversy Clinton looks at her phone after attending a Russia-U.S. meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, in July 2010. Hide Caption 3 of 7 Photos: Hillary Clinton email controversy Clinton types on her phone during a visit to Brasilia, Brazil, in April 2012. Hide Caption 4 of 7 Photos: Hillary Clinton email controversy Clinton hands off her phone after arriving to meet with Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal in The Hague, Netherlands, in December 2011. Hide Caption 5 of 7 Photos: Hillary Clinton email controversy Clinton speaks on a phone in the lobby of a Honolulu hotel before briefing reporters on the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. Hide Caption 6 of 7 Photos: Hillary Clinton email controversy Clinton looks at a phone with Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Philip Gordon as they wait in a Munich, Germany, conference room for a bilateral meeting with the Ukrainian President in February 2012. Hide Caption 7 of 7

But a larger majority believe the committee investigating the Benghazi attacks is using that investigation for political gain, according to a new survey.

While most Americans say they are dissatisfied with Clinton's handling of the Benghazi attack, an even larger majority feels the committee is "mostly using the investigation to gain political advantage," rather than conducting an objective investigation.

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