Hillary Clinton accuses Russian intelligence of hacking into the DNC

US: US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is accusing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of showing support for Russian President Vladimir Putin after accusing Russian intelligence services of hacking into Democratic National Committee DNC computers.

During an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Clinton said;

"We know that Russian intelligence services hacked into the DNC and we know that they arranged for a lot of those emails to be released and we know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up Putin, to support Putin," .

US officials and cyber security experts say they believed Russia orchestrate the release of the emails so as to impact the US presidential election on November 8.
When asked if she believed Putin wanted Trump to win the presidency election, Clinton said she was not going to jump to that conclusion.

"But I think laying out the facts raises serious issues about Russian interference in our elections, in our democracy."

The United States would not tolerate that from any other country, especially one considered an adversary, she said.

"For Trump to both encourage that and to praise Putin despite what appears to be a deliberate effort to try to affect the election I think raises national security issues," she said.

Recall that Trump had hailed Putin, describing him as a stronger leader than US President Barack Obama.
Last week, Trump urged Russia to dig up tens of thousands of "missing" emails from Clinton's time at the US State Department.

"Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," Trump told reporters.

But Trump later backtrack on his comment saying he was being "sarcastic" in his comments, a comment which has raised concerns among intelligence experts and criticism that Trump was calling on a foreign government to spy on Americans.