I'd sure say so. That said, I don't think the following is unreasonable.

But, Lynch suggested several times, hate crimes charges are just as good. ”As you know, there is no specific domestic terrorism statute. However, hate crimes, as I have stated before, are the original domestic terrorism.” She insisted that DOJ and FBI take domestic crimes seriously. ”People may feel because we have such a strong emphasis on terrorism matters since 9/11 that when we talk about matters and do not use that terminology that we do not consider these crimes as serious.” But that’s not correct, Lynch insisted. ”This should in no way signify that this particular murder or any federal crime is of any lesser significance.”

Whether we call something terrorism and whether or not we can clearly charge someone as a terrorist are two somewhat different things. It sounds like they're charging him with hate crime because it's an easy charge to get to stick in this case. Terrorism might be a bit harder. In the end, if the sentence is the same it doesn't make much of a difference.

I'd say that culturally, though, we should probably consider this an example of terrorism. Even if that's not the legal strategy they're taking to prosecuting this little shit.