She is hiding because she does not want to be associated with the results of this election.
When we are borrowing about 37 cents for every dollar we spend, she is out pledging millions of US dollars to other countries for cook stoves. The state department has complained about AZ human rights to China and in a report to the UN. She doesn't get a pass.
It could also be that she is setting the stage for bigger things:
“Obama In Deep Trouble, Huge Scandals Brewing” October 30, 2010
http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/obama-in-deep-trouble-huge-scandals-brewing/
Plausible Deniability.I wasn’t even in the Country— don’t blame me.... It’s all Obama’s fault— It’s that Right wing conspiracy I was talking about....vote for Me in 2012 and I will make it all better.