It’s the old story: The enemy of your enemy is your friend. The RNC and Fox News built Hillary into the all-powerful-root-of-every-evil imaginable. Hence, she is their enemy. She is enemy of Putin: Putin says as much. Therefore, Putin is the friend of the RNC and Fox News.
Many in the RNC and Fox News can’t bring themselves to say the truth yet, not even to themselves. They are deeply closeted. But they will come out soon.