She's been accused of trying to 'make capital out of' the tragedy. [=of trying to use the tragedy to her advantage; of trying to benefit from the tragedy]
Homicide that occurs during the course of an attempted kidnapping is a 'capital' crime in some states.
Stock sales resulted in millions of dollars in 'capital gains' for the company.
(..) Seriously, don't even give it to charity. You won't be helping anyone. What's this? That's the Bottle City of Kandor. Uh-huh. You see, Kandor was the capital city of the planet Krypton. It was miniaturized by Brainiac before Krypton exploded... ...and then rescued by Superman. Oh, nice. (..)2008 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization Season: 1 Episode 9