She kissed the ring to get what her state needed and Trump wanted to show her kissing the ring. The problem for her is the next president has to be someone that cleans up this type of cult of personality behavior. As someone that already kissed the ring, I don’t see how she can escape that stain.
The way I see it she took one for the team. She hates him, and still got near him for a brief time for the betterment of the lives of her constituents. And people are complaining about that? That's what we want from a politician: someone who puts their constituents' needs above their own pride.