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 Clinton, who has been critical of U.S. President Barack Obama's
foreign policy in recent weeks, said she was concerned about Russian
President Vladimir Putin's approach to relations with Ukraine and
other nations.
"I do worry about President Putin's view that Russia should dominate
its borders and intimidate people beyond its borders using gas and
oil as a weapon, even where we're seeing now with Ukraine, military
force," Clinton said in Mexico City.
Western nations have accused Putin of supporting a pro-Russian
rebellion in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 2,600 people
since April. The conflict followed Russia's annexation of Ukraine's
Crimea region earlier this year.
"It's very important that Europe remain whole, stable and at peace
and that Russia be persuaded or somehow convinced, even coerced into
looking toward the future, not the past," Clinton said at an event
hosted by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim.
Clinton, the wife of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, pushed as
secretary of state the Obama administration's "reset" of relations
with Russia, which had soured in the final years of President George
W. Bush's presidency.
Seen as the frontrunner for the 2016 Democratic presidential
nomination, Clinton, 66, has remained coy on speculation of whether
she would make another White House bid, after losing out to her
fellow Democrat, Obama, in 2008.
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She told the audience in Mexico City that she likely would make a
decision after Jan. 1, 2015.
"I do have a unique vantage point and set of experiences about what
makes the United States operate well and what doesn't, and what a
president can do and should be doing," Clinton said.
(Editing by Paul Simao)
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