Thanks for the advice everyone. While I was trying to understand her PoV and reason with her on the phone, I agree it was dangerous and I should have thought more carefully about what I may have said. I used to have a call recording app and wish I still did just so I could reference that call. She obviously could have had her own recording app or whatever and try using that call against me.
We still have not talked since that day. We're still friends on snap and I saw a few snaps she had broadcast seeking pity for another situation. If I didn't say it already, she has a huge victim complex. Anyway I sent her a message on snap saying hat she was right and I care about her friendship and am here for her if she wants to talk. Seen but never got a reply. I don't expect we'll be friends again anytime soon.
So in retrospect if you're in my awkward situation, first of all don't risk messing around with the person. If you do and they don't remember for whatever reason, leave it be. I don't think there was a different way I could have told her about the experience where she'd have received it better. I thought bringing up the video would be a good opportunity for her to verify what she couldn't remember, but she never opted to. Weeks went by until she told me she was pissed.
If she had tried to make something of it, I don't think it's going anywhere. I did a little research and I think she'd need a little more evidence to spur an investigation into her paranoia. In that regard, it was probably to my advantage that I didn't tell her until months later. If she had this reaction the day after, she could have gotten DNA evidence or blood tests that would definitely have looked incriminating in the wrong context. Going to save the video in case she ever drags this up again but I think posting it would just provoke her more.
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