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Not so easy
So, however Michelle Obama chooses to define her role as First Lady, I predict that there will be a number of commentators who will find it odd or unprecedented, and then America's just going to get over it.
You're kidding, right? They're still not over Hillary. They're still arguing whether what she did counts as a record or not, whether she "overstepped" her role, etc. She pissed people off so deeply they are still red in the face all these years later. They're still picking apart her marriage, her right to run for office, her parenting skills (see, Shuster, David).
I don't think any of this means you have to support Hillary for president. But you're kidding yourself if you think Michele Obama will easily do whatever she wants. And if her road is easier she will owe at least some bit of gratitude for it to Hillary.