Shock, horror, a woman trips as she goes up some stairs! Call an ambulance she must be seriously ill!
And of course the cough is because she is at deaths door - couldn't possibly be because she has allergies or that talking a lot/shaking hands with people who may have colds could lead you to have the odd sore throat.
And quite remarkable that since she has apparently been having these coughing paroxyms since 2008 that she managed to be the most well travelled Secretary of State with the below schedule, one might almost think it wasn't any problem.
2012 travel (as of December 10, 2012)
• Countries Visited: 71
• 18-Trip Mileage: 261,042 miles
• Travel Time: 581 Hours and 45 minutes
2011 travel
• Countries Visited: 46
• 24-Trip Mileage: 269,292 miles
• Travel Time: 570 Hours 15 Minutes
2010 travel
• Countries Visited: 53
• 21-Trip Mileage: 219,390 miles
• Travel Time: 481 Hours 0 Minutes
2009 travel
• Countries Visited: 44
• 15-Trip Mileage: 206,799 miles
• Travel Time: 451 Hours 21 Minutes
Much safer of course to leave it to the older man who doesn't exercise and eats junk food every day.