Trump is more predictable: he will look out for US interests, and Russia can both understand and deal with that.
With Hillary - she’s a wild card since she will act for her own interests... which will shift depending on two considerations: power and money. Putin therefore has no idea which way the wind will blow from one month to the next.
That may push Putin to act in ways (like he’s doing in the Middle East now) because Hillary doesn’t care about things like ISIS or energy supplies. Hillary cares about Hillary.
Newsweak and Time don’t have enough pages to cover a decent size bird cage.