Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump should be treated as any other citizen in DOJ investigation

(CNN) Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday that she believes Donald Trump should be treated as any other citizen when it comes to the Department of Justice's investigation into his potential mishandling of classified documents.

"He's not the president, and we do have some special exceptions for someone actually in the office. So, I do think that, just like any American, if there is evidence, that evidence should be pursued," Clinton told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union."

"But I know it's not an easy call. And so, I don't want to inject my opinion into that difficult calculation. Because I don't know all the facts. And unlike people who jump to conclusions, I don't want to do that. But if the evidence proves or seems to show that there are charges that should be leveled, then I think the rule of law should apply to anyone," Clinton said.

The FBI executed a search warrant last month at the former President's Mar-a-Lago home and resort in Florida, seizing 11,000 documents, including more than 100 classified government records. On Friday, in the latest legal turn in the historic criminal investigation, the DOJ and Trump's lawyers submitted their respective nominees to serve as the "special master" to review the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago and offered vastly different proposals for how the process should work.

Clinton, who lost to Trump in the 2016 presidential election, said Sunday that while she "cannot predict what the Justice Department will do at the end of its investigation ... holding people accountable is central to our nation."