Lisa Lerer: ‘May Not Be as Easy’ as Hillary Campaign Thinks Keeping Bill out of Spotlight

“One of the biggest questions about the nascent Hillary Clinton campaign is not so much about the candidate. It’s about her husband. Last week President Bill Clinton told — said in an interview he’d be taking a backstage role on the campaign. His schedule has offered other clues. On Tuesday two days after his wife announces he’ll be in New York giving an award on global health. At end of the month he’s headed for Africa for a meeting of his foundation. The Clinton campaign has strategized that it’s better despite the former president’s considerable political assets — he’s the most popular politician in the country, it’s better to let his wife take the spotlight and define herself. That may not be as easy as they think it is. We all know after several decades in the political spotlight, nobody puts Bill Clinton in the corner.