"...Hillary doesn't have much choice but to reinforce the "party" statement of "regime change" which she stated in a "Russert" interview a few months back...."
One of the really amazing things about Hillary! is that she feels no compelling need to be consistent. She floats trial balloons like a child blows bubbles. If this trial balloon finds traction, she'll test it to see if it has legs.
Interestingly, I don't think the Democrat Party has one official position on Iraq. They are still searching for a way to oppose the war without actually saying that they oppose it. The latest iteration of this is their line about the "shocking" cost of the war. Hillary may have concluded that this tack won't work and she's decided to tack to a pro-war stance for the time being.
What will come out next is probably: Well, if we're going to have a war, we'll need more money in New York since we will probably be retaliated against.
One of the cuties she pulled a couple of weeks back was to ask Powell if New York was going to get the same protection as the Capitol.
Powell told her "we don't tell terrorists what we are going to do".
Regime change was the consistent message of the Dem party when they held (abused) the Whitehouse.