The left has always been very silly in their beliefs around 'collusion' that they want someone to do their bidding like a Manchurian Candidate.
Whether it was Trump, Hillary, or someone else, the way Russia has always operated is to not have 'puppets' but to create confusion and distrust in opponents systems.
They work differently than us (and than they did when they were the Soviet Union). They don't install puppets, they install distrust and chaos.
I don't think they cared if Trump or Hillary won, they cared that everyone is split and focusing inward instead of outward.