Hillary Rips Donald Trump for Lauding Vladimir Putin-Great photo in front of Hill Force ONE...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-putin.html









Hillary Clinton Rips Donald Trump for Lauding Vladimir Putin

By AMY CHOZICK and JONATHAN MARTIN


SEPT. 8, 2016




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Hillary Clinton held a news conference in front of her campaign plane in White Plains on Thursday. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times




WHITE PLAINS — Hillary Clinton excoriated Donald J. Trump on Thursday for asserting that the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, was a better leader than President Obama, saying Mr. Trump’s praise for the authoritarian leader of an adversarial power “is not just unpatriotic and insulting to the people of our country, as well as to our commander in chief, it is scary.”

Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate, seized on Mr. Trump’s assertion in a televised forum Wednesday that Mr. Putin’s incursions into neighboring countries, crackdown on Russia’s independent press and support for America’s enemies were no less troublesome than Mr. Obama’s transgressions. She said it showed that if elected, her Republican rival would be little more than a tool of Mr. Putin.

“It suggests he will let Putin do whatever Putin wants to do, and then make excuses for him,” Mrs. Clinton told reporters at a brief news conference before boarding her campaign plane, ratcheting up her oratory as polls indicate the race has tightened — and as Mr. Trump continues to say things rarely heard before from a major party presidential nominee.

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Mrs. Clinton appeared incredulous at times as she remarked upon Mr. Trump’s statements, particularly about Mr. Putin.

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In her news conference Thursday, Mrs. Clinton....................{said}

“The United States of America does not invade other countries to plunder and pillage,” she said. “We don’t send our brave men and women around the world to steal oil. And that’s not even getting into the absurdity of what is involved.”........................

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1. K & R

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2. Trump's admiration of Putin is concerning, there must be a connection.