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I Met a Girl: Bill Clinton Recalls His First Meeting with Wife Hillary

Former President Bill Clinton opened his address to the Democratic National Committee with a simple story: "I met a girl." The former president described how he met Hillary Clinton as a law student at Yale University in 1971. Recalling their first meeting, Bill said, "Hillary Clinton had walked up to me and told me that if I was going to stare at her, she ought to know his name." Clinton says he finally asked her to walk to an art museum. He says, "We've been walking and talking and laughing together ever since." Also Read: Hillary Clinton Makes History as First Woman White House Nominee The former president's tenth address to a Democratic convention was by far his most personal, a 42-minute tour through wedding proposals and Halloween parties, the deaths of parents and movie marathons. Perhaps their worst moments — the Monica Lewinsky scandal, impeachment and legal battles that followed — were conspicuously omitted. Instead, Bill Clinton cast himself as a passenger in his wife's life, reshaping the story of much of their decades in politics. Full Coverage: US Presidential Elections 2016 The goal was to make Clinton, perhaps the most famous female politician in the world, yet a public figure her aides claim remains unknown, relatable to voters. He cast her as a liberal heroine of her own story, who fought for education reform, health care, civil rights, the disabled, 9/11 first responders and economically depressed rural areas. "She's the best darn change-maker I've ever met in my entire life," he said. "This woman has never been satisfied with the status quo on anything. She always wants to move the ball forward. That is just who she is." He never once mentioned GOP nominee Donald Trump by name, dismissing Republican attacks on Clinton as "made up" and a "cartoon alternative." Rather, Bill Clinton focused nearly exclusively on his wife's achievements and how she'd influenced him. "I have lived a long full blessed life. It really took off when I met and fell in love with that girl in the spring of 1971," he said. The former president also offered a spirited defence of his wife's tenure as secretary of state. He told Democratic convention delegates in Philadelphia that his wife was instrumental in protecting American interests, combating terrorism and advancing human rights. Contrast that with the Republicans' view — they paint "the Obama-Clinton foreign policy" as a failure. Among other things, Bill said his wife put "climate change at the center of our foreign policy" and "backed President Barack Obama's decision to go after Osama bin Laden." The former president has campaigned frequently for his wife during the White House race, but mostly in smaller cities and towns, part of an effort by the campaign to keep him in a more behind-the-scenes role. His convention address was his highest profile appearance of the campaign.