Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161101:21:51:00
Throwback not so much to the -- throwback to the zczar era. i think he has this vision of a great russia as a great power. >> reporter: putin's already left an indelible mark on the 2016 campaign in america. >> well, that's because he'd rather have a puppet as president. >> no puppet. >> and it's pretty clear -- >> you're the puppet. >> reporter: experts say by being talked about so much in the u.s. election cycle putin wins. >> i think there's a lot of sort of self-satisfaction involved in seeing not just russia but putin himself become sort of the third player in the american election. >> re...