comments on two English - language articles about Ukraine – one by the New York Times and another by CNN . Lawyers in St Petersburg said it was extremely rare for such a big enterprise to be working entirely on the “ black economy ” , not paying any tax and not officially registering its employees . Leaked documents have linked the opaque company running the troll factory to structures close to the Kremlin , but there has been no hard evidence .
Instead she borrowed a tactic from President Obama , reeling off zingers that are catnip to cable - news channels . It won her the kind of sustained live coverage that Mr. Trump has enjoyed routinely but Mrs. Clinton has not , though the announcement by Speaker Paul D. Ryan that he planned to vote for Mr. Trump stole her thunder in the opening moments of the 30-minute address . She said she imagined Mr. Trump was “ composingmanufacture.artifact.nanasty tweets ” about her even as she spoke . And indeed he was : “ Bad performance by Crooked Hillary Clinton ! ” Mr. Trump wrote . “ Reading poorly from the teleprompter !
It was , however , a campaign speech at heart , one that looked ahead to her general election foe . According to aides , the speech was designed to put the differences in temperament between Clinton and Trump in stark relief — and it appeared to do just that . Clinton lambasted Trump for his trademark Twitter tirades , saying he has few skills beyond “ composingmanufacture.artifact.nanasty tweets ... I’m willing to bet he ’s writing a few right now . ” Indeed , Trump waited only minutes before tweeting that Clinton appeared to be “ reading poorly from the telepromter [ sic ] ! ” Clinton also touted her foreign policy experience while belittling Trump ’s lack of it .