I think that the team (Thunderbolts, I'm assuming) Val is assembling are going to be more anti-heroes than straight villains. Lots of people latched on to that "Madame Hydra" thing with that character when it's not really a significant part of the character's history and was explained away almost immediately after it happened. Definitely a case of people reading a character's wiki entry then acting like they've actually read the stuff. It's much more likely she's taking a more amoral "by any means necessary" approach to assembling a team for whoever she's working for/representing than making them pure villains. Manipulating Yelena would fit that. I feel like the Hawkeye thing is a misdirect.