
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a press availability with His Excellency Nouri al-Maliki, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC July 24, 2009. [State Department photo]
In a podcast with former Obama adviser David Plouffe, Clinton said she wasn’t “making any predictions, but [she thinks Russians] have got their eye on somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate.”
“She’s the favorite of the Russians” she added, saying they “have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far.”
Gabbard lashed out at Clinton on Twitter Friday calling her the “queen of warmongers [and the] embodiment of corruption” in response to the allegations.
She also told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that the former Secretary of State is waging a smear campaign against her because “she knows she can’t control me.”
She accused Clinton of having “blood on her hands” after the Iraq war she “championed.”
“Their blood is on her hands. That’s why she’s smearing my character and trying to undermine my campaign,” Gabbard said.
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