make the former president a liability, hillary clinton was even heckled by a republican legislator about her husband's past while campaigning this weekend. >> you are very rude. and i'm not going to ever call on you. thank you. >> reporter: but the clinton campaign considers him a huge asset with high approval ratings and a long history in the granite state. >> new hampshire, tonight has made bill clinton the comeback kid. >> reporter: his second place finish here in 1992 was key as news of an affair with jennifer flowers and draft dodging allegations threaten to torpedo his candidacy. though in 2008 he hurt his wife's campaign with stinging comments about then-senator barack obama. >> this whole thing is the biggest fairy tale i've ever seen. >> reporter: with bernie sanders making his strongest challenge to hillary clinton in new hampshire, she's banking on the controlled messenger who delivered for president obama in 2012. >> is the president satisfied? of course not. but are we better off than we