you are correct and it is legal for the campaign to pay the candidate a salary that does not exceed the candidates earnings for the previos year... part of Christine’s problem is that she made less than $6,000 the year before the campaign.
Prediction: she will negotiate a sttlement, pay the fine with campaign funds and blame the Treasurers (she had 4 or 5).
Well, ain’t that a charm. A millionaire’s law!