The Fifth Amendment does not protect us from a jury in a federal civil case judging us for staying silent and invoking our Fifth Amendment rights.
She is correct. Civil cases have different standards than a criminal case. If the question is admissible the 5th can bite you.
On the other hand it can bite you in reverse. Bill Cosby went to a civil case and in return for immunity against criminal charges he agreed to waive his 5th amendment right and testified. Then they charged him anyway and used all his testimony against him. It's why he's a free man now, a judge threw it out .... after years in jail.