Roses are red, reporters are wooed

Fishbowl DC reports this week that Hillary took some time out of campaigning this week to pass around a tray of chocolates to reporters traveling on her plane. She even took time to deliver a message to one reporter's girlfriend, not able to be with the journalist on Valentine's Day.

As the article states:
The New York senator made her way to the back of the cabin with a tray full of chocolates to share with her media entourage and got to help some reporters make amends with their significant others back home.

While the story was no doubt leaked by Hillary's camp in an effort to make the candidate appear to have a level of banter with her journalists, it makes me question just how close the "fair and balanced" journalists are getting to the Clinton camp, and how something as innocent as a Valentine's Day confection can be seen as a tool to woo the press.

Furthermore, what ethical dilemmas are brought up by the issue that these journalists are traveling along with the candidate? It seems to me that, while convenient way to reduce the carbon footprint of the press, it brings up more than just a few conflicts of interest. What's next, Clinton serving warm cookies in coach while glancing over reporter's notebooks?