On Tuesday, as every eye in the news media was trained on President Trump’s first State of the Union address, Hillary Clinton responded quietly to allegations that she protected a campaign adviser in 2008 from credible allegations of sexual misconduct.

It’s immediately obvious that her Johnny-come-lately Facebook statement was timed precisely to coincide with a much bigger event that was already underway. It’s a shrewd political move, responding just as everyone is distracted elsewhere. It’s cynical, it’s calculating, and it’s 100 percent the sort of thing we’ve come to expect from the former secretary of state.