were when he took office? >> reporter: now, most republicans as in republican candidates i should say, as in all of them except for donald trump, don't seem to think that revisiting bill clinton's past infidelities makes for a good campaign strategy. some of them though are hitting him, chris christie for instance kind of describing this as a choice between new and old, lumping hillary clinton in with bill clinton, today, jake, saying we've seen this act before. we've lived this act for eight years. >> all right, brianna, thank you so much. let's talk about everything 2016 with cnn political commentator patty solis doyle, she managed hillary clinton's 2008 bid, also phil muster, former adviser to mitt romney who is unaffiliated this campaign season. thanks to both of you for being here. so bill clinton was asked on a rope line today about are these allegations, et cetera, are they fair game and he dodged it. is that the right thing to do? or at some point is he going to need to say something about