They could very well be positioning her for her triumphant “comeback”, too.
I am of the FIRM belief that Hillary will eventually negotiate with the Lib powers-that-be .... and pick Obama as her VP candidate.
Hillary is repulsive to many level-headed Democrats just as she is reprehensible to most Republicans (although the Dems won't always admit it) --
Thus the libs need to formulate a new combination, now that they are seeing Hillary for the complete inept smarmy political whore that she is.