She is someone who is trying to cash in on her dad's name, because her dad was greatly, greatly loved, and she wants some of that to be bestowed upon her. It is sad, but this happens far too many times in this day and age, when people wait too late to get things right with their parents. These children say things and do things to hurt their parents, and then before you know it, they are gone. It is so ironic, that Michael Reagan, the adopted son, has turned out to be the most loyal child to his father, and also the most level-headed of them all. God bless President Reagan!
Do we smell inheritance here? Maybe she is making nice to her father to get back in the good graces of her mother, who inherited (one assumes) the Gipper's money when he died.