CHICAGO (CBS) — With the primary elections in Illinois a week away, former President Bill Clinton was in Chicago on Tuesday, stumping for his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The former president told nearly 1,000 people inside and outside the Beth Emet Synagogue they should vote for the woman he called “the best change-maker I’ve ever known.”

Clinton said his wife didn’t do anything in Washington that didn’t have some Republican support, and he said the Republicans running for president are nervous.

“They’re scared to have to run against her, because they know if she becomes the president, she’ll be the grown-up in every room, and she’ll find a way to get them to do something good for America,” he said.

In a sometimes meticulous speech, Clinton made the case for the former First Lady, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State becoming president.

“She’s running for president to put everybody in the picture. She’s running for president so we can all rise together. She knows we can’t do it unless we have inclusive economics, inclusive social policies, and inclusive national security policy, and inclusive politics,” he said.