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Was Ginny really used as bait because she was Ron's sister?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP .everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0; up vote 1 down vote favorite In the end of Half-Blood Prince Harry explains to Ginny why they can't be together anymore: "Voldemort uses people his enemies are close to. He's already used you as bait once, and that was just because you're my best friend's sister. Think how much danger you'll be in if we keep this up. He'll know, he'll find out. He'll try and get to me through you." I assume this is referring to the time when Tom Riddle took Ginny into the Chamber of Secrets. However, I don't see any indication that in that case he was using Ginny as bait because she was Harry's best friend's sister. He didn't have any control over who ended up with the diary. It happened to be Ginny because Lucius Malfoy chose to give it to her. If it had been Colin Creevey who had used the diary, Riddle