This is why the system uses you smart dumb nikkas. Nothing that she said spelled was "im not voting for KH".
I would go as far as saying that it meant: "i really want to vote for you and am going to vote for you, but I do want to know my vote means something for my ppl".
She doesn't have to earn my and most black ppls vote, but instead of saying "I understand you, and im working on resolutions that will impact your communities" she said "why you being critical and you want me to call the country racist?"
It would be like getting a football scholarship, and the coach says "I can't promise you anything" rather than "i see you making an impact on the team right away and getting minutes".