Hillary Clinton says Vladimir Putin is ‘playing’ Trump

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LAS VEGAS — Hillary Clinton on Sunday offered a bleak assessment of President Trump’s relations with Vladimir Putin, saying the American leader is getting “played” by the Russian president on a range of issues.

Appearing with former President Bill Clinton at a Las Vegas casino theater in the finale of the couple’s monthslong paid speaking tour, Hillary Clinton said Putin’s KGB background allowed him to mentally size up — and manipulate — Trump over the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 campaign, nuclear talks with North Korea, and a range of other issues.

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