I think it's not at all a mistake to say her core following was cishet doods with a bit of a thing for her. A guy I went to college with was her bodyman on the east coast for the start of her presidential run, when it was nothing. He absolutely fell for her shtick at the time

Her main fan base was (is?) almost entirely cishet white dudes who think there can only be one Imperialism at a time, so Putin can't possibly be bad.