You contradict yourself. What of the 24 hour liberal smear machine?
The MSM would be too busy doing wall to wall smear of the Republican Presdential candidate while she ran for Senate. She wouldn’t be subject to nightly attack.
By doing a good job in the Senate, she could get big exposure on the national front. But, she would have to do a good job.
It could make it harder for MSM character assassination to work in a future Presidential run. Just a strategy. Look at it as “Rehabilitation.” Not a contradiction. As of now, she has no chance to win the Presidency.