I rather doubt that much of what she does is influenced by money or ego. If that was the case, she’d have run for president even knowing the presstitutes were lying in wait for her & her family. She has had 24/7 attacks from academia, Hollywood, the nutroots, the media, RINOs, Team Obama, the DNC, Cable TV, etc. since 2008. They burned her church down with people inside of it! Unless we’ve gone through something like that, we have no idea the pressure it causes. People here who said she led them on weren’t going to pay for a platoon of expensive bodyguards. I’ve worked as a bodyguard, bouncer and guard and know how expensive it can be. Just a ho-hum bodyguard costs $50/hr.
I think if a declared presidential candidate gets credible threats on his/her life, SS protection kicks in. Obama get SS well before the nomination and I think Cain did, too.