Everyone here is thinking completely wrong about this. There is no love lost between the Clintons and the Obamas. Hillary isn’t taking one for the team - she is sticking it to the team. By undermining the executive credibility and taking a buck stops here she is furthering her long term goal - a 2016 run against an incumbent Republican.
Follow - she makes Obama looks weak on foreign policy the day of a major debate. She establishes executive cred by taking full responsibility for something the exec claims no knowledge of. She makes sure that Libya is a thorn in the president and pushes the election of Romney. From day one of Romney administration she spearheads the attacks and builds a campaign machine and war chest. By 2016 she and a compliant press make Romney damaged goods and she cake walks through the primaries and into the general election. Remember WHO ANSWERED THE 3 AM CALL - not Obama, but Hillary.
It’s all part of her plan.
You've got that exactly right. Hillary is no dope, especially when politics are involved. Evil, yes - but no dope. She has maneuvered things so that she can run against Romney in 2016, rather than against some (now) unknown person after 8 years of a Rat Presidency. She will have, if Obama loses, have succeeded in placing herself in the position of Romney right now, vs. that of McCain in 2008.
I hate her guts, but she's just ensured that she's the Dem nominee in 2016, and that she'll have the best possible shot at things then. Not bad, Cankles.