Bill Clinton on Hillary: Sometimes 'I wish we weren't married. Then I could say what I really think.'
On the campaign trail in New Hampshire on Monday, Bill Clinton implied his wife's candidacy is cramping his style as a freewheeling ex-president.
"The hotter this election gets, the more I wish I were just a former president and just for a few months not the spouse of the next one," he said. "Because, you know, I have to be careful what I say."
"Tonight my job is to introduce Hillary," he later added. "Sometimes when I'm on a stage like this, I wish we weren't married. Then I could say what I really think."
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The former president has lately been on the attack against Clinton's competitor in the Democratic primaries, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). While it is normal for a candidate's spouse to serve as a surrogate on the campaign trail, Bill Clinton's own political and personal history has made his role more complicated.
