Clinton’s explanation came in response to a question from Telemundo’s Lori Montenegro, one of several journalists who questioned the former secretary of state Friday during a conference of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. It was the closest thing to a press conference Clinton has participated in since last year; she’s faced criticism, including from Donald Trump, for not holding pressers.

In her question, Montenegro referred to some Latino voters’ concerns that Democrats take advantage of their votes and don’t follow through on the community’s priorities. It’s an accusation that’s been levied by some black voters as well—particularly those who criticize her support of her husband’s 1994 crime bill. To win in November, Clinton will need black and Latino voters, who were critical members of the election-winning Obama coalition, to turn out for her.

The Clinton campaign has increasingly emphasized the experiences of black and Latino voters, and has presented the candidate as a champion of policies like ending police violence and reforming immigration. The strategy was obvious at the Democratic National Convention last week, where activists like the Mothers of the Movement—women who’ve lost children in encounters with police or through gun violence, and who’ve campaigned on Clinton’s behalf for months—and Astrid Silva, who works in the immigrant community, gave emotional speeches. Former Attorney General Eric Holder said in his DNC speech that Clinton “has talked about systemic racism in ways no one else has.”

Clinton’s appearance Friday also gave journalists a chance to press her on one of her chief weaknesses: voter distrust, exacerbated by her use of a private email system while she was secretary of state. Earlier this week, she said—inaccurately—that the FBI director called her public statements about her handling of classified material as “truthful.” On Friday, Clinton said she had “short-circuited” the director’s comments. “I was pointing out in both of those instances that Director Comey had said that my answers in my FBI interview were truthful. That’s really the bottom line here,” Clinton said. “I have said, during the interview and in many other occasions over the past months, that what I told the FBI, which he said was truthful, is consistent with what I have said publicly.” Comey said at a July congressional hearing that “we have no basis to conclude she lied to the FBI.”

Clinton began her remarks by focusing on the economy and how blacks and Latinos have had difficulty recovering from the recent recession. She promised a “comprehensive new commitment” to those communities by investing in jobs programs and supporting their small businesses. Addressing the racist and sexist tenor of Trump’s campaign, she suggested that his supporters, who are also struggling economically, deserve empathy. “We have to reject and stand up against the appeals to the kind of bigotry and the use of bluster and bullying that we see coming from Trump’s campaign,” Clinton said. “But let’s not forget the real economic challenges that too many Americans of all backgrounds are facing today.”