She could have simply stated she was attacked while in the military, not narrowing down the list of suspects the way she did....
It technically does make a difference though... one is sexual harassment by a superior that lead to rape, the other could be a simple rape by any GI Joe.... being a superior officer explains why she was afraid to report it and anything being done about it, and her fears of losing her job status and future promotions, and not being considered a trouble maker and a slew of things all negative that could have happened to her then, and in her future military career. It actually explains a great deal on why she did not report it at the time.... and it was relevant to sexual harassment of women in the workforce by superiors.
When I worked as a Manager for a corporation, with several employees that reported to me... we, us Managers had to take a separate course on Sexual Harassment than the employees, and sign off on it, every year.... that went in to why we were different than another employee in a situation with another employee of the same level...
why we as Supervisors had to be conscious that we, getting in a relationship with a regular employee could lead to sexual harassment charges by this employee down the road... even if we both were single. Our power and trust was important.... much like that of a priest or a teacher, we held more influence with the employee's life and career and basically, how not to abuse that....