“Therefore, given the two bad possibilities, the Russians would prefer Hillary.”
I disagree. The Russians, correctly, regard Hillary Rot-ham as deranged, unstable and malevolent. They think that she would force a hot war through her incompetence and ignorance. Initially, they thought they could reach some rational equilibrium with Trump, in sort of a Detente, second edition process. They are doubtful now, given the neocon bleatings and squirmings of late. A number of Trump supporters are doubtful as well.
“The Russians, correctly, regard Hillary Rot-ham as deranged, unstable and malevolent. They think that she would force a hot war through her incompetence and ignorance.”
There’s a lifetime of anger in Hillary, but she knows how to bottle it up quite well.