I've lived in states where the governor was a professional wrestler, and the Kindergarden Cop. And in both cases we chose far, far more qualified people than Alaska.
She honestly believes its unfair for people to criticize her foreign policy experience, when Alaska borders Canada. Even though she can't ever point to a single decision she made as Governor involving foreign policy. She really believes this.
I grew up in Texas so I also have shitloads of international experience. I'm going to say it's Middle East experience because Mexico is full of brown people who eat spicy food and so is the Mid East.
She sounds like a kindergarden teacher explaining to her students why someone else that is the governor of Alaska might have some experience with Russia.
When she said "Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of America", I imagined him flying over an Army base, cackling wildly as anti-tank rounds bounce off his chest.