Did they think to ask her, "Shot by whom?". Another black man, of course. But she would not dare say that.
Actually, no. She wasn't talking about a Chicago nieghborhjood. Or meant being shot by another black man. She was talking about during the campaign, on the campaign trail, anywhere in any part of the USA.
"he heavy presence of security around Obama was also a silent reminder of the change that took place with the announcement. Michelle Obama, the candidate’s wife, acknowledged it in an interview to air on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” in which she was asked if she fears for her husband’s life as a black candidate.
“I don’t lose sleep over it because the realities are that . . . as a black man . . . Barack can get shot going to the gas station,” Michelle Obama said in the interview, set to air Sunday night. “You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.”
It's quite clear.