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Hillary Clinton's fate as a Democratic Party presidential hopeful will be decided in the coming days or weeks, but whatever happens to her should not detract from her providing an ugly example of the worst aspects of American politics - her recent statement that she would "obliterate" Iran if it ever threatened Israel with nuclear weapons.

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