How old are you?

Kamala Harris was already middle aged when the DOCX standard was released or the workflow of converting a word to pdf became common. All of that stuff really didn't hit mainstream until the Obama administration. It would have probably even been longer for a legal office to adopt it.

I think it's safe to say she knows how to use Microsoft Word (or something like Lotus Notes), print a document, and even scan something to a pdf. I bet you could also teach her how to use ether "print to PDF" function fairly quickly. However if you just plop her in front of a computer and tell her to go at it I think the most likely result is Kamala swearing at the ribbon interface..

Early on in her career was before pdfs were a thing.

Also the new intern might not be able to do this either. There's a surprisingly narrow age range where this skill set is expected

Yeah but the career politician part means that she hasn't had a job since McDonald's that didn't come with at least half a dozen underpaid assistants, so it's a fair assumption.

and routinely publishes the company newsletter as a .docx.

This is good or bad?

Using an easily editable format seems good. Microsoft though