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Monica Hess: What do we still want from Monica Lewinsky?

There's a line between needing to hear women's painful stories and forcing women to relive them, and on Monday evening the line got blurry with Monica Lewinsky.

On stage at an event in Jerusalem, ostensibly there to talk about the anti-bullying advocacy she's make a career of, Lewinsky was asked by Israeli news anchor Yonit Levi whether she still expected a personal apology from Bill Clinton.

In response, Lewinsky offered her own apology — “I’m so sorry, I’m not going to be able to do this,” she said — and walked off the stage.

Later on Twitter she explained that she and Levi had previously agreed the question would be off limits.