Add Rachel Maddow to those criticizing the breathless rush to crown Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State (or, more specifically, to chase down a non-story during a dead news cycle).
On her show, Maddow specifically highlighed Huffington Post's story, quoting two senior Democratic officials as saying the offer was extended by Obama, and Clinton requested time to consider. Then, she says Andrea Mitchell (who broke the story of the discussions, not an offer) has told her that several meetings would have to take place between the initial one and a formal offer. Then, she mentions the Bill Richardson meetings today.
I know we're in a dead news cycle, but that was a rush to judgment by HuffPo. Good on Maddow for criticizing our media as well as theirs.