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Link is @ # 5 in response to what I assume she meant by moderate, which I think has zero to do with politics but if you are someone who is into politics 24/7 as your religion I would assume moderate took on a political description rather than a spiritual one.

the patristic path of moderation, a mean between extremes; this is what the Holy Fathers call the ROYAL PATH. The teaching of this "royal path" is set forth, for example, in the tenth of St. Abba Dorotheus' Spiritual lnstructions, where he quotes especially the Book of Deuteronomy: Ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, but go by the royal path (Deut. 5:32, 17:11)

Which is one of the reasons Greek philosophers from Athens and Alexandria who started off as pagans and then converted to Christianity proclaimed in their writings that Christianity and what it proclaimed were in line with the best of Greek philosophical thoughts.

One of which was the Greek philosophical view of "moderation in all things".

Moderate drink, moderate consumption. Moderate living.

In fact St. John Chrysostome wrote against living in extravagant mansions and prescribed how many rooms a home should have.

I guess the political connection arises from the fact that she supports Democrats over Republicans though as someone who is not a member of either party I can't see how one party is more Christ like than the other.