americans tend to believe look at the march of history. we are moving towards liberal democracy. we are moving towards european integration. countries, former soviet countries and former communist countries are gradually moving into that fold and our belief is so too should the russians. they look like us. they share a great american of european western history. why not them? i think the russians resent that and we re on a path of conflict and very much about recent history and not soviet communism. okay. bill richardson, breaking news here from buzzfeed, reporting the former secretary of state hillary clinton addressed ongoing crisis at a fund-raiser here in california today making what two attendees describe as a direct comparison of russia s decision of passports in the crimea region to the population transfers of nazi germany before world war ii. what is your reaction to that? well, i don t have all the facts on that. but i think what secretary
what happened, this popular revolution was a serious blow to russia, to putin, the idea of building a union with ukraine as a junior partner. he s lashing out to grab what he can. it has nothing to do with his belief in the principle of the rule of law or the illegitimacy of the ukrainian government. we have an incomplete early report of what hillary clinton said tonight in california at a fundraiser actually about ukraine. and she is reported to have said, to have drawn a comparison between russia s decision to issue passports in the crimean region to the population transfers that were carried out by nazi germany before world war ii, ambassador, this is former secretary clinton s first public comment on the matter. i want to be fair to her. i think we need a much larger context for what she s actually
interesting comments, you find yourself being a bigger supporter of hillary than obama. hillary made some comments describing russia s decision to issue passports in the crimea region to the population transferred carried out by nazi germany before world war ii. do you think that s a fair analogy? and if so, what do you think of the president s response if it is? well, i she s taking a much harder line than he is. trying to transfer ethnically similar people from one sovereign country to another she s comparing it to nazi germany. she s comparing what they re doing to the population transfers in the lead up carried out by nazi germany prior to
merkel is looking for a way to help putin back away and save face with a so-called off ramp. president obama saying there is consensus among u.s. and european officials that russia is acting illegally. there is a strong belief that russia s action is violating international law. the president says if vladimir putin s actions are not a sign of strength, but a reflection of country s near russia have a deep suspicion of this kind of meddling. former secretary of state hillary clinton weighing in. she reportedly compared russia s move to the population transfers in nazi germany prior to world war ii. she said, quote, if this sounds familiar, it s what hitler did
interesting comments, you find yourself being a bigger supporter of hillary than obama. hillary made some comments describing russia s decision to issue passports in the crimea region to the population transferred carried out by nazi. do you think that s a fair analogy? and if so, what do you think of the president s response if it is? well, i she s taking a much harder line than he is. trying to transfer ethnically similar people from one sovereign country to another she s comparing it to nazi germany. she s comparing what they re doing to the population transfers in the lead up carried out by nazi germany prior to