i actually don't expect hillary to follow through with this, as she seems to be much more beholden to israeli interests, but there's been some move in this administration to try and do an asset swap around the saudis and the iranians. it's less that the asset swap has yielded any meaningful results and more that the saudis seem to be in the process of spinning themselves off into an ipo (and putin seems to be putting down quite a bit of cash). the american-saudi relationship was always very uneasy. the americans have never fully trusted the saudis, and really shouldn't have. the saudis have shown little hesitation in turning the knife. but, they need the oil, right. today, they're exporting oil and keeping the price down...
if hillary wins, she's going to make it an immediate priority to try and patch things up. however, it's not really clear how feasible it is. if the saudis want out, they want out. and, old man kissinger may end up withdrawing his endorsement.
this may consequently be a bit of an attempt to set the ball rolling in ways that she can't stop, and try and force her to focus more on shifting towards stronger ties with iran.