Donald Trump blasts Hillary Clinton on IS recruitment claim, defends embrace of Vladimir Putin

Donald Trump on Sunday said 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton fabricated claims that the Islamic State is using his comments on the GOP primary stump to recruit militants.

“There’s no such video. She just made it up,” said Mr. Trump, who leads the GOP presidential field in national polls and was responding to comments Mrs. Clinton made at Saturday night’s Democratic candidates debate.

Fact-checkers have blasted Mr. Trump for many of his own claims on the trail, notably his assertion that thousands of Muslims cheered in New Jersey...