She had a Maalox moment at a rally today in Iowa, where she was harangued for attacking President Bush over the war despite refusing to renounce completely her 2002 vote authorizing the use of force in Iraq–and then laughed at over a rather awkward question about her ability to handle bad men:

Clinton also chided journalists for repeatedly bringing up her response to a question at the rally about how she would deal with all the evil male leaders in the world.

“What in my background qualifies me to deal with evil and bad men?” she had asked at the rally, rephrasing the question and then pausing before she and the crowd broke into laughter. She ultimately gave a serious answer about building diplomacy.

Asked several times who she had been thinking about, she first mentioned al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, then Bush administration officials and finally said: “I thought I was funny. You guys keep telling me to lighten up. I get a little funny and now I’m being psychoanalyzed.”

Told some in the crowd thought she was thinking of her husband, former President Bill Clinton, she shook her head and said: “I don’t think anybody in there thought that.”

Oh, goodness, no.

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Update: Video at HA. And a poll.

Don Surber has advice for Hillary: “Dump him.”