Russian President Vladimir Putin with the CNBC reporter Hadley Gamble. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Putin told a crowd that a US journalist was too "beautiful" to understand a point he made. CNBC journalist Hadley Gamble was asking Putin about Russia's standoff with Europe over gas supplies. Gamble was interviewing Putin during the Russian Energy Week in Moscow on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested to an American journalist that she was too "beautiful" to understand his explanation of Russia's standoff with Europe over gas supplies.The CNBC journalist Hadley Gamble, who spoke to the president before a live audience at the Russian Energy Week in Moscow, was addressing the recent accusations that Russia was withholding gas supplies to Europe in an effort to drive up prices.Her questions seemed to irritate Putin, who at one point turned to the audience and said in Russian: "Beautiful woman, pretty, I'm telling her one thing.