Really, do you see darkness there?
The issue to me isn’t that it is or isn’t a flashlight.
The issue is that this big huge guy needs to be that close to her, providing guidance and doing something with the device, be it pointing and providing light, or keeping it at the ready as an injection device.
I don’t put as much stock into the guy coaching her when the PETA whackjobs approach her, but it does sound weird coming from a Secret Service guy, the way he said it. Can anyone remember THAT in their lifetime, because I sure can’t.
I think people are making a mistake focusing on the handheld device, because I think they should be focusing on her actions and physical state which seem clear enough to me.