Those examples are part of the Clinton spin on this and have nothing to do with what she did. It is pretty much laughable that they use them as Kerry sent a single email, Powell 2 emails, and Rice none because she did not have an email account or use one...but for the sake of argument they are talking about an assistant of hers who supposedly sent 10. The Powell emails were said to be later labeled "confidential" which is the lowest of these classifications and he says he has read them and can't understand what in them got them labeled confidential and says they should be released so people can read them and see for themselves.

Here is the law she broke and yes it was in place as it reads:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793

(e) Whoever having unauthorized possession of, access to, or control over any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defense, or information relating to the national defense which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, transmits or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted, or attempts to communicate, deliver, transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted the same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it; or

(f) Whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information, relating to the national defense, (1) through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or (2) having knowledge that the same has been illegally removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of its trust, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, and fails to make prompt report of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruction to his superior officer— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

To me it seems pretty clear she is in violation of this statute in a big way and was determined to be so. My bet is there are all sorts of behind the scenes wrangling going on over this to get her off the hook but this should not be permitted to happen.