Trump throws wrench in Bill Clinton's big debut

Bill Clinton

Former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail for the first time in 2016 for his White House hopeful wife, Hillary, on Monday, with a mission of taking out some of leading Republican contender Donald Trump's political sting.

In a tweet, the ex-president wrote: "Hitting the trail for @HillaryClinton in New Hampshire today. #ImWithHer."

And shortly after, the "Hillary for NH" Twitter account posted this: President @billclinton to the people of New Hampshire: 'We need you.'"

Clinton spoke to just over 700 supporters at Nashua Community College, touting Hillary as the only candidate who could restore America to prosperity.

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Asked by ABC News whether his sexual history was “fair game” in the campaign, Clinton said “the Republicans have to decide who they want to nominate. I'm trying to tell the Democrats and the country why I think Hillary would be the best president.”

“I think there's always attempts to take the election away from the people,” he continued.

Trump, meanwhile, hardly seems worried about the competition from the Clinton husband-wife team.

In a Twitter message posted in the lead-up to the Clinton presence in New Hampshire, the billionaire wrote: "The worst thing Hillary could do is have her husband campaign for her. Just watch."

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But political watchers say the strategy could prove unsuccessful.

The former secretary of state already tried painting Trump as a sexist who cares little for the interests of women. In response, Trump raised the specter of her husband's White House dalliances, as well as his other sexual indiscretions – and now, that very same Clinton is taking the front-center stage on the campaign trail. And that means he's setting himself up as a valid target, political insiders say.

Clinton has put the brakes on her usual Trump attacks since the New York real-estate mogul began highlighting her husband's sexual liaisons in the White House.

As even the left-leaning MSNBC reported: "At least five women have claimed to have affairs with Clinton, and three have accused him of unwanted sexual advances, none of which have been proven. It was in New Hampshire in 1992 that allegations of an affair by Gennifer Flowers nearly tanked Clinton's first presidential bid."

And, as WND just reported, a new book, "Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine," highlights in Juanita Broaddrick's own words her "story of being raped by Clinton.'"

Still, Clinton's allies think the husband-wife duo has potential to inflict massive damage on Trump because, they say, his message only resonates with the far-right, and not moderates.

"His style of attack has always benefited Hillary Clinton in the end," said Bill Burton, a former Obama campaign strategist, in reference to Trump, MSNBC reported, "She's at her best when she's under unfair attack. In a lot of ways, I think she would rather run against a Donald Trump than a lot of other folks."

Candice Jackson’s explosive book, “Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine,” tells, like never before, the real stories of Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broaddrick and others who have suffered from the actions of William Jefferson Clinton.

Moreover, MSNBC opined "the former president is at his best when he can play the role of elder statesman and 'explainer-in-chief,'" using his gift for gab to warm even the coldest of audiences.

And just a few days ago, former Vermont governor and Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean declared Clinton's entrance to his wife's campaign would prove a force Trump couldn't counter.

"I would say that Donald Trump has finally met more than his match," Dean said, during a televised interview on MSNBC. "Bill Clinton's the best politician in this country, probably the best we've seen in this country since Franklin Roosevelt. And he's not going to respond to Donald Trump. Donald Trump is really good at what he does. [But] his skills don't compare to Bill Clinton's skills. So I think he's just helping us by criticizing Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton's going to let it float. He'll come up with a couple of great one-liners that will put him down."

Dean's dismissal of Trump may not bear out, however.

At a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Monday, Clinton fielded a heckler – who turned out to be a Republican state representative – demanding answers about her husband's infidelities. As broadcast media painted, Clinton didn't crack any smiles while responding: "You are very rude, and I'm not ever going to call on you," CNN reported.

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In a followup interview, Katherin Prudhomme O'Brien explained her queries to Clinton by saying, CNN reported: "I asked her how in the world she can say that Juanita Broaddrick and Kathleen Willey are lying when she has no idea who Juanita Broaddrick is. She told me this summer she doesn't know who she is and doesn't want to know who she is. How can she assess that they are lying, which she told someone last month?"