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From Rand, to Hillary: Happy Valentine's Day.

That's the message Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, sent to 2016 hopeful Hillary Clinton early this Valentine's Day, with a social media attack inspired by Pinterest and delivered on Twitter.

Paul's verified Twitter account posted a Pinterest page early Saturday morning with text that read: "If Hillary Clinton set up a Pinterest for Valentine's Day, we can only imagine it might look like this." The tweet linked to a faux Pinterest board documenting GOP talking points that criticized the former secretary of state.

Pinterest is a website and app that allows users to "pin" images to an online profile, serving as a virtual corkboard. While it's not generally known for hosting presidential campaigns, the popular social sharing network is an innovative tool in any potential candidate's arsenal. And Paul -- or at least his press team -- sure knows how to work its advantages.

The "boards" that Paul's team curated for Clinton range from the frivolous (one titled "White House Remodel" showcases photos of furniture and pokes fun at the Pinterest user tendency to "pin" home redecoration tools) to the foreign ("Friends First" depicts Clinton in close contact with controversial leaders overseas).

The Kentucky Republican also pokes fun at Clinton's weaknesses, including "Benghazi-gate," her support of the Affordable Care Act and her closeness with President Obama. The Pinterest page also displays valentines doctored with quotes from the former first lady.

Paul's tweet made its rounds on social media, with dozens of retweets and responses.

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Johnson, on a trade mission to the United States, said that he was struck by the former secretary of state's insistence that Europe must do more to stand up to the Russian leader over Ukraine.

"One thing in particular she really wanted to get across -- that was she thought the Europeans were being too wimpy in dealing with Putin," Johnson said, at a Politico Playbook Breakfast event in Washington.

Stressing he was not quoting Clinton word for word, two days after meeting her in New York, Johnson said that he was impressed by the likely Democratic presidential candidate's "brilliant mastery" of foreign policy.

"She thought in particular that we in Britain should be less dependent on Russian hyrdrocarbons and she thought we should get on with seeking alternative sources," Johnson said.

"Her general anxiety was that Putin, if unchallenged and unchecked, would continue to expand his influence in the perimeter of what was the Soviet Union. She spoke of alarm in Estonia and the Baltic states. I was very, very struck by that."

"I was struck by the firmness with which she wanted us in Britain to stick it, to take it to Putin," he said, once again underlining he was not using Clinton's exact words but offering a "brutal summary" of what she said.

Johnson, who is known for his scruffy shock of blond hair and colorful turn of phrase, said Clinton backed President Barack Obama's strategy on tackling ISIS and thought there was more everybody could be doing to support Kurdish Peshmerga forces fighting the extremist group.

The mayor, who recently visited Kurdish areas in Iraq, quipped that he would not overstate the danger of his trip -- in a reference to NBC newsman Brian Williams who was suspended for six months for exaggerating his experiences during the Iraq war.

"You get in trouble over here .. I was nearish to the front line. I wouldn't say bullets were wanging over my head."

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