President Barack Obama offered a boost to Hillary Clinton’s argument that an experienced candidate is needed to succeed him at the White House, while also rebutting comparisons between his 2008 campaign and Bernie Sanders.
A week before the Iowa caucuses launch the nominating process, Clinton is working to link her campaign more closely to the president and garner more support from his backers.
"The one thing everybody understands is that this job right here, you don’t have the luxury of just focusing on one thing,” Obama said in an interview with Politico.
Obama, who remains very popular within his own Democratic Party, has said he will not endorse a candidate in the primary but has admitted he is watching closely to see who will succeed him.
His kind words for Clinton could offer a powerful talking point for his former secretary of state.