I can think of one thing it would have allowed her to do: she could have been more forthright about the things she would do differently in her administration. The answer she gave on The View out of deference to him probably cost her a lot of votes.
Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread
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Yeah, I know. But there was another group of votes to be lost if she started complaining about him. My childhood impression that VPs get elected President was a really bad take and I didn't know it until a few weeks ago. It is REALLY hard for a VP to win that election. Being Joe Biden's teammate is the reason she has the standing to be on the ballot. Without the Biden administration and her implied high level participation in it, she is a former Senator running for President who got picked out of a hat. Asking her if she disagrees with Biden is asking her to name errors that she's made in the White House. It is a rotten question. I'm not saying they shouldn't ask it, but it is a trap and I don't know what to say if I am her.