Allow admin roles to add images to comment replies

The easiest and quickest way that you can do this is by downloading the Comment Images plugin and limit access to the upload feature by the function current_user_can. As the WP page demonstrates, use:

if ( current_user_can('manage_options') ) {
 // Plugin code here
}

I had a very quick look at the plugin code and you may need to add this function to the add_image_upload_form function. All and all, this should only take you a few minutes to setup.