Of course he does. Every nominee does. That's the point.
If you don't think that nominees require strong, vocal advocates, then you haven't experienced an election before. Every candidate from city council to President needs a strong cadre of defenders.
I think you're reading way too much into this. I'm a Democrat, and I'm proud of Hillary for proving to be a good Democrat. I don't know how this statement has possibly become remotely debatable on MyDD. This was MyDD.
So why the misleading title then if you are not trying to ... mislead?