February 2014: Russia invades Crimea, Hillary ‘reset’ fails
An armed invasion of the Ukrainian province of Crimea began in February 2014, and the land was formally annexed by Russian President Vladimir Putin a month later.
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The invasion by Russia of a sovereign nation was likely not what Clinton had in mind when she symbolically presented a “reset” button to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in 2009. Fittingly, the button presented by Clinton to Russia was branded with a mis-translation that sent the message that she was looking to “overcharge” relations rather than “reset” them.
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