What if Hillary won as everyone thought she would? There would be no crisis b/c the Russians only tried to mess with one side. If there only goal was to cause turmoil (not pick one candidate over the other), then wouldn't they have messed with both sides? That way if Hillary won Trump could say the Russians helped her. Also, if they were only going to mess with one side, since Hillary was the prohibitive favorite to win, wouldn't have made much more sense to mess with the RNC and Trump.
Birtherism is promoted by a crackpot sherriff in AZ. Russian interference with our election is what is believed by our Dept of Homeland Security as indicated by their official statement. You really don't see the difference?