KEENE, New Hampshire—Bill Clinton promised voters in 1992 that they'd be getting “two for the price of one” if they elected him to the White House—a presidential duo of the young Arkansas governor and his Yale Law-educated wife.
Nearly a quarter century later, the duo is back—but not quite the same.
As Hillary Clinton fends off a rising challenge from Bernie Sanders, his wife’s campaign aides are grappling with how best to deploy what she has described as her “not-so-secret weapon.”
Their answer: very, very carefully.
During campaign swings through Iowa and New Hampshire, Bill Clinton treaded fastidiously through tightly controlled campaign events. A natural-born chit-chatter, he was not giving interviews. When he stopped to talk with reporters after one recent event, campaign aides turned up the music, making a conversation all but impossible.
His remarks to voters have been relatively subdued: long on history, statistics and nostalgia. He’s dodged questions about Sanders and Republican front-runner Donald Trump, who’s been baiting the Clinton family with comments about the former president’s past sexual improprieties
“I’m not going there,” Bill Clinton said on Wednesday, when asked about Sanders at a campaign event in New Hampshire. “I came here to tell people why I thought Hillary should be president and her ideas are better.”
