I believe what's being elided over in this story is the fact that she was there to greet him cordially and he accosted her. Had he not done that, there would have been no argument and no finger-pointing. There's been a little relativism and equivalency going on here, particularly when one remembers the huge STINK the left made in 2000 when Rick Lazio dared leave his podium and approach Hillary during their debate to hand her a piece of paper.