We’ve been wondering how Hillary Clinton felt about conceding the Democratic presidential primary to Barack Obama. It must have been quite the emotional rollercoaster — heading back to the senate and then being picked as her former rival’s top diplomat.

Well, during a visit to Indonesia Wednesday, the secretary of state shed a little light on her decision to accept the nomination.

"It was not anything I had any reason to expect or had even thought about," she said about being offered the State Department job, according to The New York Times. "I had to make a hard decision."

Of course she was disappointed at just barely missing out on the nomination, but Clinton said she put that aside to help do some good in a world both she and Obama agreed had been a bit bruised by the Bush administration. And it seems Clinton was given a warm welcome in Indonesia. Well, for the most part. She appeared on a wildly popular teen TV show, and was mobbed by a bunch of locals screaming, "Hillary, Hillary!" And she definitely got some props for being so outwardly gracious about the election outcome.

"When you have an election, some people win and some people lose," she said. "I’ve had that experience … I know how important it is in a democratic system that you accept the results … you have to find common ground."

Still, The Jakarta Post is questioning whether all the good will toward Hillary is just the result of savvy political skills on her part. The Post asks: "Who really is Hillary Clinton? Is she a true friend or someone carrying out the international public relations duty of a new president in need of reforming and shoring up global support for Washington?"

Far be it for us to speak for Clinton, but we don’t think she would be a voiceless messenger — for anyone.