the man whom the good samaritan helped had not committed any crime - he had, in fact, been the victim of a crime

those who passed him by without helping him - the priest and the levite - may have done so for "legalistic" reasons - e.g. they would have been ritually contaminated by contact with an apparently dead body - but this is not explicitly stated in the story

the good samaritan of the story extended much-needed help - and behaved in the way a good neighbor would behave despite his (the helper's) "outsider" status - but he did not do so in a way that violated any civil or religious laws

the story, word for word with an accompanying commentary, can be read at

http://www.carm.org/parables/parablesamaritan.htm

a detailed exegesis from a wesleyan-arminian (methodist) perspective - and i believe senator clinton has a methodist background - can be found at

http://wesley.nnu.edu/Biblical_Studies/parables/Lk10_25-37.htm

my conclusion - once again, senator clinton displays her contempt for the truth and for her listeners

 
[as for me, i received unitarian and methodist religious training as a child, and now regularly attend catholic services to accompany my wife]