Not only did HRC NOT collude with Steele-they have never met.If the Clinton campaign had not chosen Fusion when they decided to investigate Trump/Russia Steele would never have been involved.
The "connection" between Fusion and Steele is that Fusion (creator) Glen Simpson knew Steele because they both shared an interest in investigating Russian Organized crime AND Putin.They had met yrs earlier when both were involved in the FBI's investigation into the Russian Mob and FIFA.So when Simpson was hired to investigate possible relationships between Trump/Putin he called Steele,because he knew Steele had the network of informants inside Russia to dig up the details.
Again-Steele is ANTI PUTIN.There are indications that some of the folks who provided him with info have ended up dead or in prison in Russia.While the reports Steele filed detailed events that sometimes painted Trump/associates in a bad light,the main focus of the reports is on how Putin coordinated an assault on the 2016 election.
It exposes Putin and some of his cronies,and in that process it also exposes anyone who aided Putin.That's why people like Page,Manafort and Cohen appear in the reports-they were (In the cases of Page and Cohen) either travelling in Russia during that summer of 2016 or else possibly making trips to areas of Europe where Russian agents were operating.Those folks are being investigated for the choices they made and the actions THEY took...