I think your theory may have some merit, Jay. It accounts for all the missing pieces, and the timeline certainly fits.
I suspect knowing that your ineptitude was a direct and causative factor in the death of four good Americans might tend to throw anyone into a bit of a tailspin.
Her entire history is one of potential evil--think back on the Whitewater scandal and Vincent Foster.
It isn't a great stretch to think that all this, triggered by Benghazi, descended in a sudden crescendo of guilt that caused her to become non compos mentis for at least awhile.
And, she has had a large number of other stressors in her life, specifically, her demonstrated inability to keep her husband from sampling every inkwell he manages to come across (and the play on words is intentional).
Finally, attempting to justify the liberal playbook requires a disassociation from reality. Maintaining that duplicitous mindset has to be stressful.
You may be onto something, here Jay.
Crusader Rabbit