I could have destroyed Pence on his BS economic lies and still listened to the Yankees losing on my Air Pods.
I could've done so while watching my dog take a crap outside.
People understand when they are paying more for stuff due to Trump's tariff wars
She needed a quick reply easily understood that all of those tariffs Trumpy claims China is paying is being paid by the American consumer in large part. An embedded tax on the American people.
One can understand Harris's function was to do no harm, and introduce herself to the public. With a lot of smiles so the Trumpy label that she was a spiteful mean spirited woman wouldn't stick. But... as you say there were so many freebees served up to her by Pence. Who has never enjoyed a reputation of being smarts. Again, IMO, she went too lite in the debate.