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Why Putin hates Hillary
Behind the allegations of a Russian hack of the DNC is the Kremlin leader's fury at Clinton for challenging the fairness of Russian elections.
By Michael Crowley and Julia Ioffe
| 07/25/16 06:20 PM EDT
Hillary Clinton has never concealed her disdain for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
When mass protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin erupted in Moscow in December 2011, Putin made clear who he thought was really behind them: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
With the protesters accusing Putin of having rigged recent elections, the Russian leader pointed an angry finger at Clinton, who had issued a statement sharply critical of the voting results. ?She said they were dishonest and unfair,? Putin fumed in public remarks, saying that Clinton gave ?a signal? to demonstrators working ?with the support of the U.S. State Department? to undermine his power. ?We need to safeguard ourselves from this interference in our internal affairs,? Putin declared.
Five years later, Putin may be seeking revenge against Clinton. At least that's the implication of the view among some cybersecurity experts that Russia was behind the recent hack of the Democratic National Committee?s email server, which has sowed confusion and dissent at the Democratic National Convention and undercut Clinton?s goal of party unity.
While Donald Trump?s budding romance with Vladimir Putin is well known ? the two men have exchanged admiring words about each other and called for improved relations between Washington and Moscow ? Putin?s hostility towards Clinton draws less attention.
Former U.S. officials who worked on Russia policy with Clinton say that Putin was personally stung by Clinton?s December 2011 condemnation of Russia?s parliamentary elections, and had his anger communicated directly to President Barack Obama. They say Putin and his advisers are also keenly aware that, even as she executed Obama?s ?reset? policy with Russia, Clinton took a harder line toward Moscow than others in the administration. And they say Putin sees Clinton as a forceful proponent of ?regime change? policies that the Russian leader considers a grave threat to his own survival.
?He was very upset [with Clinton] and continued to be for the rest of the time that I was in government,? said Michael McFaul, who served as the top Russia official in Obama?s national security council from 2009 to December 2011 and then was U.S. ambassador to Moscow until early 2014. ?One could speculate that this is his moment for payback.?
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Hillary Clinton even admitted in a speech in New York that Putin had a "grudge" against her.
The bottom line is that Putin has a ego far larger then most people and he felt that Hillary did interfere with his election in 2011 to cause dissent among his people against him.
Putin's ego would not be satisfied until he got even with Hillary and he showed Hillary and President Obama that he was a far better master of deceit and dirty tricks then they were. Hillary picked the wrong person to p!ss off and he stuck it to her in spades and she knows it.
I do not believe there was any conspiracy with Trump using Putin to cause Hillary her defeat. Putin did it on his own to satisfy his injured ego and the night Hillary lost the election, you can bet Putin danced a jig and shouted, take that you b!tch.
Of course Dude is too dumb and deaf to figure this out on his own. He likes the conspiracy angle with the black helicopters that the Democrats are pushing.
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Why Putin hates Hillary
Behind the allegations of a Russian hack of the DNC is the Kremlin leader's fury at Clinton for challenging the fairness of Russian elections.
By Michael Crowley and Julia Ioffe
| 07/25/16 06:20 PM EDT
Hillary Clinton has never concealed her disdain for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
When mass protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin erupted in Moscow in December 2011, Putin made clear who he thought was really behind them: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
With the protesters accusing Putin of having rigged recent elections, the Russian leader pointed an angry finger at Clinton, who had issued a statement sharply critical of the voting results. ?She said they were dishonest and unfair,? Putin fumed in public remarks, saying that Clinton gave ?a signal? to demonstrators working ?with the support of the U.S. State Department? to undermine his power. ?We need to safeguard ourselves from this interference in our internal affairs,? Putin declared.
Five years later, Putin may be seeking revenge against Clinton. At least that's the implication of the view among some cybersecurity experts that Russia was behind the recent hack of the Democratic National Committee?s email server, which has sowed confusion and dissent at the Democratic National Convention and undercut Clinton?s goal of party unity.
While Donald Trump?s budding romance with Vladimir Putin is well known ? the two men have exchanged admiring words about each other and called for improved relations between Washington and Moscow ? Putin?s hostility towards Clinton draws less attention.
Former U.S. officials who worked on Russia policy with Clinton say that Putin was personally stung by Clinton?s December 2011 condemnation of Russia?s parliamentary elections, and had his anger communicated directly to President Barack Obama. They say Putin and his advisers are also keenly aware that, even as she executed Obama?s ?reset? policy with Russia, Clinton took a harder line toward Moscow than others in the administration. And they say Putin sees Clinton as a forceful proponent of ?regime change? policies that the Russian leader considers a grave threat to his own survival.
?He was very upset [with Clinton] and continued to be for the rest of the time that I was in government,? said Michael McFaul, who served as the top Russia official in Obama?s national security council from 2009 to December 2011 and then was U.S. ambassador to Moscow until early 2014. ?One could speculate that this is his moment for payback.?
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Hillary Clinton even admitted in a speech in New York that Putin had a "grudge" against her.
The bottom line is that Putin has a ego far larger then most people and he felt that Hillary did interfere with his election in 2011 to cause dissent among his people against him.
Putin's ego would not be satisfied until he got even with Hillary and he showed Hillary and President Obama that he was a far better master of deceit and dirty tricks then they were. Hillary picked the wrong person to p!ss off and he stuck it to her in spades and she knows it.
I do not believe there was any conspiracy with Trump using Putin to cause Hillary her defeat. Putin did it on his own to satisfy his injured ego and the night Hillary lost the election, you can bet Putin danced a jig and shouted, take that you b!tch.
Of course Dude is too dumb and deaf to figure this out on his own. He likes the conspiracy angle with the black helicopters that the Democrats are pushing.
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