8 September 2016, 09:39 GMT
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — "Can I say I was surprised? I’m not sure anything surprises us anymore, but I was certainly disappointed that someone running for president of the United States would continue this unseemly identification with and praise of the Russian president, including on Russian television," Clinton told reporters on Friday after meeting with national security experts in New York City.
On Thursday night Trump appeared on Larry King's RT America television show.
Clinton also noted that every day Trump's campaign becomes more of a reality television show and less of a serious presidential campaign.
No one who wants to run for US president should identify with Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime, Clinton added.
In an interview with Bloomberg last week, Putin said the last name of the next US president does not matter and that he would like to work with a person who can make responsible decisions and implement agreements.
