No, that's not what she meant, methinks. She said the gap between rich and poor, i.e. the difference between their incomes. Actually, that gap is widening in India too. What she meant was that if India can find ways of reducing this delta, and can find ways of helping the poor (not to say that it does, just that if it does so)it will serve as an example. America does take care of its poor reasonably well... at least they dont starve. They may not have good clothes or a place to live, but I dont think they starve like what we have in India. (Many churches in the US give homeless people a place to sleep and food). The US govt has a welfare system in place (Social Security).
