secretary of state, Clinton in 2009 presented her Russian counterpart with a red button intended to symbolize a “reset” in relations between the two countries, one of U.S. “She mentioned Russia only once, but it was enough to see that the era of the reset is over,” Channel One said in its report.Īs U.S. While Trump’s position on NATO has delighted the Kremlin, Clinton’s statement clearly stung. READ MORE: Donald Trump was being ‘sarcastic’ when asking for Russia to hack Hillary Clinton In doing so, she was implicitly rebuking her rival, Republican nominee Donald Trump, who has questioned the need for the Western alliance and suggested that if he is elected president, the United States might not honour its NATO military commitments, in particular regarding former Soviet republics in the Baltics. In her acceptance speech, Clinton reaffirmed a commitment to NATO, saying she was “proud to stand by our allies in NATO against any threat they face, including from Russia.” Viewers were told that Clinton sees Russia as an enemy and cannot be trusted, while the Democratic Party convention was portrayed as further proof that American democracy is a sham. president, it was enough to watch Russian state television coverage of her accepting the Democratic nomination. MOSCOW – To understand what the Kremlin thinks about the prospect of Hillary Clinton becoming the U.S. Send this page to someone via email email.
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