She would refuse to talk to him just send in 6th Fleet after him or Russia.
How scary
She said she would build up the 6th Fleet, deploy missile defense in Poland (originally intended as defense against Iran, but...whatever) order joint exercises in eastern Europe and increase active troop strength in Germany... "he would get the message," -and one of many effective strategies.
In other words, she never said she would send the 6th Fleet after him or Russia... not the same thing, not even brinkmanship.
Nevertheless,
she is highly vulnerable with regard to Putin, having been in charge of HP when that company laundered millions of dollars of walking-around money to Putin through fronts in Germany, to help him secure his power. For all her bluster, this is a real investigation going on in Germany right now, and she is wide open to a charge of having helped to put Putin on the throne, as it were.
Her Rove-composed, hawk-sounding red meat with regard to Putin is more than likely meant to deflect from those rumors.
See "Dirty Money and State Collapse: Did Carly bribe Putin into Power," FR Post, July 27, 2015
Yes scary alright .Scary for Putin.