Ya know, to anyone with a modicum of sense and logic (eliminates all DUmmies and most Democrats), the Syria issue is PROOF that Russia wasn't trying to get Trump elected. They might have done something, but if they REALLY wanted the POTUS to roll over, why not get Hillary elected?
1)She wouldn't stand in the way in Syria in any meaningful way,
2)would be easily co-optable (since they already had a solid carrot-and stick on her via (probable) proof of pay-for-play re: Uranium deal and promised "donations" to the Clinton Slush Fund),
3)and can't really oppose them without 0bama's lecture about 80's foreign policy coming back.
Trump does them no good on any of those fronts. It's like the advice given to a private eye: Follow the money. In this case, it's: Who would have been better for Russia, a corrupt softy, or a political neophyte you aren't sure you can push around?