It’s not a choice, when the only people who can run for a political office are the ones that can spend more than 100 million dollars of their own money. Fiorina the same thing, and McMahon the same thing, Rick Scott, I could name 20 other Republicans too.
To run for national office and to be a Republican it really really helps to have 10-50 million of your own cash to contribute to the pile.
The point is she is a hypocrite, she wanted to talk jobs and she has the level of capital that few in the US have and could use that wealth without seeking any kind of political office and created actual employment possibilities.
But instead, she just wanted power. She used the same old lines from the Republican playbook about jobs and self sufficiency and then used it all to take control instead.