The other problem that Clinton has is that her rhetoric is one of conflict, but when it comes to Russia the current administration is decidedly lacking in bite. So she's got to lean on the idea that Trump's "Putin is stronger than Obama" statement is dangerous, unpatriotic support for someone annexing countries and committing war crimes to paper over the fact that, well, it rather seems to be true given the way the US folds like paper whenever Putin annexes countries and commits war crimes.