Definitely seems like positioning. I hope she runs for Governor rather than Senator. HI is ultra corrupt and hard left so her sort of right hand turn might not go over with voters in a Senate position but probably she could win governor there.
Don’t ever forget that demonicrats are backstabbers. What looks like a new right hand turn may just be a cover to saturate the ‘pawns’ in her state with a new image, in order to pacify them.