She was caught off guard by an asinine question to her, belligerently asked by what she thought was a candidate.
What possible difference could it make whether she, from a non-caucus state had ever been to one, as to his crappy performance?
He was deflecting from his failure with a jackass question he figured she might NOT answer truthfully, since that would just let him off the hook with a smart-aleck response.
The dork is a loser and abuser.
Sorry your girlfriends a liar :)