Hillary’s (Smartest person in America) trip to Europe was a string of embarrassments:
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5253XS20090306?sp=true
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/general/view/2009_03_06_US_gesture_lost_in_Russian_translation/srvc=home&position=recent
They did a good job of weaving her excuses into their “news report”.