“You don't believe that Senator Obama's a Muslim?” Kroft asked Sen. Clinton.
“Of course not. I mean, that, you know, there is no basis for that. I take him on the basis of what he says. And, you know, there isn't any reason to doubt that,” she replied.
“You said you'd take Senator Obama at his word that he's not…a Muslim. You don't believe that he's…,” Kroft said.“No. No, there is nothing to base that on. As far as I know,” she said.
“It's just scurrilous…?” Kroft inquired.
Then, after participating in the maybe-Obama-is-a-Muslim-who-really-knows smear, Hillary plays the Victim card.
“Look, I have been the target of so many ridiculous rumors, that I have a great deal of sympathy for anybody who gets, you know, smeared with the kind of rumors that go on all the time,” Clinton said.
