I disagree. She is hailing him in the best way she can, and as far as she can. The threat of allowing the populace to understand that an enemy of America is bad and dangerous and his acts not a cogent response to alleged American evils is disheartening to them. Their world view is constructed on anti-americanism. They won't learn or grow because the intellectual pose is their identity, not just opinion. For example, what lefty media outlets attempt to address Islamism in the present crisis? They don't, which is one reason why they sound so dissonant with reality. They tried the "root causes" innuendo, but that failed when the "root causes" turned out not to be what they hoped.
She's a hater. Yet, she has gained a place in history. She will be cited as "proof" and "evidence" in the radical world that Osama wasn't such a bad guy. From abroad she has the authority of being a U.S. Senator - she must know the truth, mustn't she? We know that doesn't mean the Senator is not a moron, but nevertheless she will be quoted as an authority.