At the moment, Russia is neither ally nor adversary. Had Herself been levered into the Oval Office, Putin would have certainly gone into his all-out bully mode, much as he has demonstrated in Georgia and Ukraine, and the reconquest of the Crimean Peninsula. What did the Obama-Clinton regime do about any of these?
Putin has chosen to tread softly around Donald Trump, who is a sort of unknown quantity. Putin’s circumspect approach lies in not being at all sure of just how Trump might respond, but Putin could move with decisive swift action were he to be dealing with Herself.
Good analysis. It never made much sense about Putin apposing Hellary since she and Obama were such pushovers or could be bought.