Pot, Meet Kettle: Putin Has An 'Almost Messianic Belief In Himself'_ Says Hillary Clinton_ In as good an example as we've ever seen of the proverbial pot calling the kettle black, former Secretary

Pot, Meet Kettle: Putin Has An 'Almost Messianic Belief In Himself', Says Hillary Clinton. In as good an example as we've ever seen of the proverbial pot calling the kettle black, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an international audience in the UK that Russian President Vladimir Putin has an "almost messianic belief in himself". He's bent on "restoring imperial Russia," she said. Clinton issued the criticism at the Hay festival, a literature and arts event hosted annually in Wales. But despite denouncing Putin as having a "messianic" complex, she didn't miss yet another opportunity to blame everyone but herself for losing to Donald Trump in 2016. It's a theme that's been on repeat for years, and again on Friday she told the audience: