It just has the feel of a calculated political ploy. I’m guessing I’m not the only one that thinks this way.
I don't know. My suspicion is that her condition is more serious than what the public is being told. They don't want her true condition publicized because it could rise too many questions about her fitness to run for the presidency in 2016. When FDR ran for his fourth term, he was a very sick man, the press knew it, but made sure the public was kept in the dark about his illness. I think the same strategy is being employed here.