I do think she’s hoping for some comeback in the midterms

The trouble I have with the argument that she's planning a "comeback" is that she only needs such a thing because she resigned in protest in the first place. She could have just... not done that, continued to criticize the regime (or hell, switched parties if @teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 's argument about her being "to the left of most of the democratic fucking party" is to be believed), and been in a better position. Yet that's not what she did.

I have no idea what her plan is, and to be honest, I think that's because the most likely explanation is that she's simply a genuine idiot and doesn't have one.