to encourage opposition to fracking and pipeline construction....
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/03/how-russia-tried-to-block-us-energy-production.php
...media and liberals are not concerned about this meddling.
And that's why the very idea that Putin preferred Trump over Clinton is a canard: (i) she is anti-US domestic energy production as are all democrats; and (ii) she was open for business.