Clara Lou, this has nothing to do with the B**ch's reading comprehension. She knows exactly what he said, and exactly what he meant. It has to do with her knowing that she can distort it in a way to make Fred look bad, and the lapdog media will go along with her.
She's got her minions going over with a fine tooth comb every word, every gesture, every facial expression, every eyebrow raise, every blink that Fred does, so that it can be twisted to her advantage.
And if the media can take a non-story about Mitt Romney's dog riding on the roof of his car 25 years ago and blow it all out of proportion, you can be assured that they're going to be her willing accomplices and go after the biggest threat (Fred) to The Hag's presidential aspirations.
She is researching ALL the people she thinks might get in her way. She really is an evil empire. She will do everything, stop at nothing, say anything, bribe anybody, destroy anyone to get the power she thinks she deserves.