Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez said Monday that, counter to his predecessor Donna Brazile's characterization, the DNC did not give Hillary Clinton the tools she needed to succeed in the 2016 presidential election.

"We have to make sure that whoever wins the nomination, has all the tools to succeed," Perez said on "The Black Eagle" on SiriusXM radio, CNN reported.

Perez said that includes an organizing infrastructure and a "voter protection infrastructure."

"And those are the infrastructure items that we are building now. That doesn't sound sexy," Perez said.

Then Perez made his point about Clinton.

"But here's the reality: when Hillary Clinton won the nomination, the DNC handed her insufficient and substandard tools for success," Perez said.