Earlier Sunday, Trump tweeted out congratulations to the tournament’s victors, France, as well as Putin and his countrymen for “putting on a truly great World Cup Tournament — one of the best ever!”
When Trump said at a debate that Putin had “no respect” for Clinton or then-President Barack Obama, the former secretary of state replied, “Well, that’s because he’d rather have a puppet as president of the United States.” Trump responded by calling her the “puppet.”
“You encouraged espionage against our people. You are willing to spout the Putin line, sign up for his wish list: break up NATO, do whatever he wants to do,” Clinton said later in the debate. “You continue to get help from him because he has a very clear favorite in this race.”
CNN’s Maegan Vazquez contributed to this report.