“Even” is a little rich, given that the Clinton campaign has systematically — I hate to use the word, but — demonized* Putin. One can regard the political class as cynically able to turn on a dime when the election is done, but Clinton has also induced her base of “NPR tote baggers” to buy in, and the more massive base is harder to turn. And then of course the neo-cons have gone over to her, and they certainly know which side their bread has blood on.