- Clinton made the comment at a symposium at Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C., honoring the diplomatic legacy of the late Madeleine Albright.
- “He got his dreams fulfilled when Trump was elected,” Clinton said. “And I believe that if Trump had been reelected, Putin would have waited for Trump to do what he said he was intending to do, which was to pull us out of NATO.”
- Clinton said Putin didn’t want to face Clinton as president.
- “He, you know, decided that he didn’t want to face me as president,” she said. “So he did all the things we now know he did that are well cataloged.”
- Former President Bill Clinton also participated in the event and said he has no regrets about supporting the expansion of NATO during his time in office, despite the move angering Russia.
- Putin ultimately invaded Ukraine in February of 2022, more than a year after President Biden took office.
