Barack Obama foreign policy adviser Samantha Power might have a Harvard degree and Pulitzer Prize, but she wasn’t smart enough to know calling Hillary Clinton a ‘monster’ in a recorded interview would surely backfire on her and Obama’s campaign.

One more thing, She’s a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. Which makes it remarkable indeed that she thought she could call Clinton a “monster” during an on-the-record interview, then take it back.

In the end this won’t matter one bit as she is not the first nor likely the last to call Clinton a ‘monster’ or worst.  Power probably knew it would draw attention to herself and make her bigger than the campaign at least temporarily.