https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/22/hillary-clinton-eu-migration-populism/
Hillary isn't actually a daft cunt as people would like her out to be. Out of touch? Yes. Shape shifting? Yes. Inconsistent? Yes. She is an experienced politician who knows how to play to her electorate.
In the course of less than 5 years, she's gone from being anti-gay to the queers crying over her. There's videos of her changing her accent depending where she is. She is broadly centre-left, but when it comes to specifics I don't think she has a specific ideology. She will chop and change as she sees fit.
In regards to this, I believe she's going to try running again in 2020. Maybe she will tone back the open border rhetoric and try play more to the working class than upper-middle class snobs. She might reduce the hyper progressive pandering and focus towards economic issues. It should be an amazing thing to watch.
I don't think she's crafty, I think she's protected.
She's been recorded saying "Look, the average democrat is stupid. That's the easy part. "
"Blacks are super predators" or more recently "they all look the same" I know this one was said in jest but it's a pass that no-one else would get.
She stole artwork from the white house.
No backlash from completely taking over the dnc and using it as her private piggy bank.
The media completely downplayed her ordering the blackberry devices hammered into pieces or ordering that the server to be completely wiped.
And like you pointed out she changes stances more than her 5000 dollar suits.