The only person getting it confused here is you. Go look at her voting record. She has the same empthay for the people Reagan had. Her solution is the Reagan solution "Get the Goverment out of the way".
Good, then that should be the main message that gets repeated and hammered home. Fine to follow up with WHY this is more compassionate or "empathic" approach than the liberal approach, as long as it's kept in the context of less government.
IMO, it's VERY important to keep the emphasis on the right syllable - freedom, not "empathy". That was my whole point here - not how "uncaring" Obama (many read "government") is.