No comment can be a useful response in a “no win” situation, but I would defend her right to say what she pleases, with my life if necessary, even though I may personally disagree with her position on a given subject. If she and her “handlers” believe that this was the best response for this controversy, so be it, but I personally disagree with that stance.
I am certainly not stating that she should agree with me or STFU. I hope that makes some sort of sense.
Try not to mind meld with liberals, who would ban everything they believed to be stupid. It is possible for any conservative to declare many things stupid without the slightest intention of banning them.