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I think she used "enjoy" in the way we commonly understand it: to derive pleasure from. It was only when she was challenged that she fell back to this "derive benefit from".

I disagree and here is why:

If she had used the word enjoyed, it would indicate an occurance from the past and that they gained pleasure from their husbands' deaths. Since she used the word enjoying, she obviously meant the present. That is no accident. In the present, they enjoy celebrity, wealth and power caused by their husbands' deaths. To me, the difference is obvious.

It is possible that she didn't mean it that way but the language says otherwise.

I don't have to give her the benefit of the doubt here. The language indicates the second definition. I would need something more substantial to jump to the conclusion that Ann meant "enjoyed" their deaths (in the past) rather than "enjoying" the wealth, celebrity and power (in the present) brought about by their deaths.

If she had used the word enjoyed, it would indicate an occurance from the past and that they gained pleasure from their husbands' deaths. Since she used the word enjoying, she obviously meant the present.

Good heavens! So you are slicing the argument even thinner.

This makes me want a pretzel, with lots of mustard.

I don't have to give her the benefit of the doubt here. The language indicates the second definition.

The meaning could be taken either way. But I will give her the benefit of the doubt.

Similarly, the President didn't call the Minutemen vigilantes.