Jawabin Biden ya mai da hankali kan fifiko guda ɗaya: hauhawar yaƙi da Rasha. A cikin minti na farko na jawabinsa, ya shiga cikin ihu mai ƙarfi game da Shugaban Rasha Vladimir Putin, wanda ba zai iya yin wani dalili ba sai dai ya kara haɗarin haɗarin yaƙin da ba a sarrafa shi ba. Jam'iyyar Democrat ta dogara da kayan aikin ƙungiyar kwadago don murkushe gwagwarmayar ajin.