Jeanne Shaheen actually said...

if the United States isn't going to take any action in response to that Russian intrusion against your elections, then how can we think that...

Taking no action guarantees escalation. Taking action has the possibility of escalation but also the possibility of deterrence.

I do believe that that's a strategy that Russia is using, just as they're using military conflict, propaganda to undermine Western democracy...

This really is where the Americans are.