Obama: People Didn’t Understand Hillary Clinton’s Economic Message

OBAMA: "But -- but -- well, the reason I bring this up is because we've both been in campaigns. If you think you're winning, then you have a tendency, just like in sports, maybe to play it safer. And the economy has been improving. There is a sense, obviously, that some communities have been left behind from the recovery and people feeling anxious about that. But if she was looking at the campaign and saying OK, I'm winning right now, and her economic agenda was in fact very progressive. But --" [crosstalk]
AXELROD: "But not well understood. Not --"
OBAMA: "No, you're right, not well understood. But understandably, I think she looked and said well, given my opponent and the things he's saying and what he's doing, we should focus on that. In retrospect, we can all be Monday morning quarterbacks. Here's what I -- here's what I would say prospectively, is that the Democratic agenda is better for all working people. This division that's been put out there between white working class versus black working class or Latino working class -- look, an agenda of raising minimum wage, rebuilding our infrastructure, you know --"
AXELROD: "Education."
OBAMA: "Education, family leave, community colleges, making it easier for unions to organize, that's an agenda for working class Americans of all stripes."