“what potential employers so tactfully referred to as my ‘history’ ”?

Does it mean "what my prospective bosses would say, in a clever manner, about my history"?

Context:

Lewinsky also writes that she turned down offers that would have paid her millions in the wake of the scandal but then struggled to land a normal work position. She interviewed for numerous jobs in communications and brand marketing after obtaining a degree from the London School of Economics but prospective employers always found her not quite right for the position, she writes.

The problem was “what potential employers so tactfully referred to as my ‘history,’ ” writes Lewinsky.