Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina MORE in a new interview labeled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a "tool of Russian intelligence."

In an interview with Australian Broadcasting Corp., Clinton said Assange had "become a kind of nihilistic opportunist who does the bidding of a dictator," according to The Associated Press.

“He’s a tool of Russian intelligence, and if he’s such a ... martyr of free speech, why doesn’t WikiLeaks ever publish anything coming out of Russia?” she said.

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Assange fired back at Clinton, saying there is "something wrong" with the former Democratic presidential nominee.

“It is not just her constant lying. It is not just that she throws off menacing glares and seethes thwarted entitlement,” he tweeted. “Watch closely. Something much darker rides along with it. A cold creepiness rarely seen."

“Watch closely. Something much darker rides along with it. A cold creepiness rarely seen.”

There's something wrong with Hillary Clinton. It is not just her constant lying. It is not just that she throws off menacing glares and seethes thwarted entitlement. Watch closely. Something much darker rides along with it. A cold creepiness rarely seen. https://t.co/JNw2dkXgdu — Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) October 15, 2017

Clinton said during the interview there was a "concerted operation between WikiLeaks and Russia."

"And most likely people in the United States to, as I say, weaponize that information, to make up stories, outlandish, often terrible stories that had no basis in fact, no basis even in the emails themselves, but which were used to denigrate me, my campaign, people who supported me, and to help (Donald) Trump,” Clinton said.

“WikiLeaks is unfortunately now practically a fully owned subsidiary of Russian intelligence."

WikiLeaks published vast archives of emails related to the Clinton campaign in the months leading up to the election.

U.S. intelligence agencies believe the emails were stolen by hackers from their Russian counterparts. Assange has denied that the documents came from Russia.