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Washington (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton is talking tough about Russia these days, for reasons both pragmatic and political.

The overwhelming favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, if she decides to run, Clinton already faces GOP criticism for allegedly being soft on Moscow as President Barack Obama's secretary of state until last year.

A recent Republican National Committee statement mocked the "reset" button she offered to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in 2009 in what was a symbolic effort by the Obama administration to move past Russia's military backing for two breakaway regions in Georgia.

Now Russia's attempted annexation of the Crimean Peninsula from neighboring Ukraine, another former Soviet territory, has again put Washington-Moscow relations in the spotlight.

Using generally stronger and more provocative language than the administration she once represented, Clinton seeks to buff her own foreign policy credentials and those of her party without straying too far from the official government messaging and tactics.

"She has to walk a very fine line"

"She has to walk a very fine line," Brown University political scientist Wendy Schiller said of the former first lady and U.S. senator.

The goal is to maintain her credibility as a former secretary of state, and the Democratic Party's credibility on security and defense issues, as the nation heads toward congressional elections in November and the presidential vote two years later, Schiller told CNN.

"She sees it as important not just for her but for the Democratic Party as a whole," Schiller said. Otherwise, "you go from the party that killed Osama bin Laden to the party that can't stop Vladimir Putin."

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that nuclear negotiations with Iran should be given a chance and warned Congress against imposing new sanctions.

Clinton, speaking Wednesday night at an American Jewish Congress gala in New York after receving a lifetime achievement award, credited international sanctions that she worked to implement with bringing Iran to the negotiating table. She stressed the importance of pursuing the current multinational talks aimed at reaching an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program.

Now, the odds of reaching that comprehensive agreement are not good. President Obama has said that, Clinton said at the dinner, where she was presented with AJCongress Stephen S. Wise Award. Im also personally skeptical that the Iranians would follow through and deliver. I have seen their behavior over years. But this is a development that is worth testing.

Clinton, who is considered a likely 2016 presidential frontrunner, focused her speech on the Iranian nuclear issue and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. On both fronts, she said, the status quo is unsustainable.

In her half-hour address, Clinton pointed to her experience as secretary of state in building international support for Iran sanctions and in bringing Israeli and Palestinian leaders together.

It was clear to me that Prime Minister Netanyahu had a deep commitment to testing whether it was possible to create the conditions for peace, she said, referring to her meetings with the Israeli leader. He made some unprecedented moves during my four years which convinced me that he was willing to have the substantive conversations that are required for such a difficult undertaking.

She praised her successor, Secretary of State John Kerry, as a forceful advocate for the peace process.

Clinton reiterated her support for the Obama administrations stance that Congress should refrain from imposing new sanctions on Iran while nuclear talks are underway.

If the world judges, fairly or unfairly, that negotiations have collapsed because of actions by our Congress, even some of our closest partners will falter, Clinton said.

She said that if diplomacy ultimately fails, then we can always and we will put on additional sanctions. And we will have the international support necessary to ensure enforcement. And, yes, we will explore every other option. And lets be clear, every other option does remain on the table.

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