Former president Bill Clinton appeared to take another veiled shot Tuesday at the Obama administration while stumping for his wife Hillary in New York City, saying "the world's in tough shape" now and needs an experienced leader at the helm.
Clinton touted Hillary's credentials as secretary of state, saying the reason Republicans had worked so hard to lower her approval rating was that they did want to run against her in 2016.
"Shoot, I wouldn't want to run against her either," Clinton said. "Because she's better qualified to be president for this time than I was when I ran, because of the trouble around the world ... The world's in tough shape, and one of the things that could stop us from rising together is a crisis around the world. I want somebody there that doesn't have to figure it out. I want somebody there that will instinctively know what to do."
Clinton previously said his wife could help put the "awful legacy of the past eight years behind us," and he remarked last week that "unlike when I became president, a lot of things are coming apart around the world now."
The former president also made headlines last week when he got into heated exchanges with African-American protesters expressing anger over crime policies he and Hillary supported in the 1990s.
Clinton's remarks to the American Irish Historical Society started nearly two hours late on Tuesday.