Vladimir Putin on Hillary Clinton: 'It's better not to argue with women'

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Vladimir Putin on Hillary Clinton: 'It's better not to argue with women'
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Shrugging off Hillary Clinton's suggestion that he was acting kind of like Adolf Hitler, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he didn't dwell on the criticism because Clinton is a woman.

"It's better not to argue with women," he said, according to an English translation of an interview posted to the Kremlin's website. "But Ms. Clinton has never been too graceful in her statements."

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.