It doesn’t matter what you say to your friends after the fight, it matters what you do when you’re in the ring.
Knowing that Couric was hostile she should either have been scrupulously on the level and direct, minimising the opportunity for hostile editing, or she should have terminated the interview once it went outside her comfort level.
As someone in media she should know very well what a hostile interviewer can do with flip replies.
If, as you say, she was deliberately facetious, she gave Couric exactly what she wanted.
Are you always an armchair quarterback or do you also get into the game
PJ, you will never find a candidate to meet even a partial list of your expectations. Never.