You have done an excellent job of summing up the beyond bizarre circus Obama and Hillary put in motion. I have not been able to figure out who exactly they are talking to. But there is a reason why these two repeatedly told US and the world they had nothing to do with the making of that video.
There is a reason for that and it’s a complete mystery. Why did they feel the need to work so hard to distance themselves from the idea that the U.S. gov (obviously them specifically) had something to do with making the “video?” As you ask, “who are they trying to convince?” Not the American people that would be too weird. I can’t see why the Arab Street, as they call it, would think it either and would the muzzies give a rat’s patoot if they did think so?