Former President Bill Clinton has hit the campaign trail for his wife in recent weeks. | AP Photo Bill Clinton: Hillary would be an actual 'change-maker'

America doesn't have a "president that's a change-maker," according to a clip of former president Bill Clinton that aired on MSNBC.

The footage of a Tennessee event broadcast Friday night showed the former president talking about his wife, Hillary Clinton, as being "the best change-maker I've ever known."


"She's always making something good happen," he said of President Barack Obama's former secretary of state, who is running for the Democratic nomination. "A lot of people say you don't understand it's rigged now. Yeah, it's rigged now because you don't have a president that's a change-maker."

Bill Clinton spokesman Angel Urena disputed MSBC's portrayal of the former president's words, saying the report was "inaccurate," adding that Clinton was "attributing his comment to the naysayers."

The MSNBC clip ended before Clinton went on to say: "But the president has done a better job than he has gotten credit for. And don't you forget it."

Bill Clinton's remarks come a week before the Nevada Democratic Caucuses and two weeks before the South Carolina Democratic primary, at a time when Hillary Clinton has drawn comparisons between herself and Obama, who is highly popular among the Democratic base, and talks about the importance of protecting his legacy.

Clinton was a visible presence in his wife's 2008 presidential campaign, particularly in South Carolina, where he deployed sharp criticisms of then-Sen. Obama.