Clinton Should Listen to Russian-Americans

The willingness of Hillary Clinton campaign's to suggest that Russia has interfered in the U.S. presidential election -- in the form of President Vladimir Putin's supposed help for Donald Trump -- exposes the weakness of the Democratic candidate's presidential bid. The campaign is wasting ammunition on loud but inefficient accusations, instead of looking for avenues of attack that would let her pull ahead.

Much has been written about Putin and Trump, with the cooperation of Clinton staffers who would like the world to know that the Democratic National Committee's computer network was compromised by Russian government-sponsored hackers. The Clintonites wouldn't be so eager if they didn't believe that associating Trump with Putin could score a few points with the voters. Yet it isn't clear that ordinary Americans will care one way or another, and those for whom Putin is the very real authoritarian leader of the country of their birth are either irritated or amused.