She once again handed them another hammer with which to hit her. She turned the higher rhetorical ground over to them, giving them the opportunity to once again take her to task in front of the inescapably vital middle...and that my friends is stupid.
So far, you're the only one hammering her. I suspect you'd find something to get your panties into a twist no matter what she said.
If you're the middle, then you're not that important.