I attended one of her "listening tour" sessions when she was running for Senate in 2000. I never saw a more orchestrated event. College students told her about their volunteering activities, and she nodded like a bobblehead. About ten minutes into her half hour speech, her audience began to leave. Half the crowd was gone while she was still speaking. I think people came to see a person they'd seen on TV. At the end, she came down near the door, alone, to greet the crowd, yet she made no conversation, nor effort to shake hands. Everyone in front of me merely exited, and she stood there behind her expressionless mask. It was very weird.
The evening's TV coverage grossly exaggerated both the size and temperament of the crowd. The next day's newspaper article bore no resemblance to the event I witnessed.
If she's re-elected, it will be due to the NY GOP party's failure to use the six years it has had to find any kind of credible candidate.
If I were to guess I'd say that underneath it all she is not a happy person.
She is powerful and people cater to her but she must know she is not likable.
Yet, NY elected her. Go figure.