So Wait, Robert Gates vindicated Hillary Clinton?

....didn't see that one coming?

From Politico, I read something that caught my eye:

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saw the Obama administration as deeply “controlling” on national security issues, Defense Secretary Bob Gates wrote in an essay published Tuesday and adapted from his forthcoming book.
“The controlling nature of the Obama White House, and its determination to take credit for every good thing that happened while giving none to the career folks in the trenches who had actually done the work, offended Secretary Clinton as much as it did me,” Gates writes in the piece published in The Wall Street Journal.

AND from The Hill:

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates in an interview broadcast Sunday said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, mulling a 2016 presidential run, would make a good commander in chief.
“Actually, I think she would,” Gates said on CBS “This Morning” when asked about Clinton.

I'm as surprised as I am interested. Hillary Clinton could be further vindicated from her role during Benghazi. I have a feeling that if Clinton does run, she's going to need Robert Gates' help.