One can tell or do whatever one wants when one is in the Opposition but once one is running a state, one cannot do that.
She was in a difficult position being the widow of a great American hero, a role that carried high expectations but she did a credible job of continuing Dr King's dream especially in the face of a changing and often hostile American public.
I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.