>> As much as I care about my
work, my relationship with my
wife Hillary means even more
to me.
>> Sometimes people ask me what
it's like being married to Bill.
He works so hard and keeps such
long hours and becomes involved
in so many other people's lives
and problems.
I always tell them it's great.
We really cherish the time we do
have together and appreciate the
fact each of us works hard.
>> NARRATOR: In Arkansas, as
Bill Clinton rose from attorney
general to governor, Hillary
Rodham became his most powerful
aide.
She changed her appearance
and eventually her name.
>> In order to avoid any problem
and just to put it to rest,
I will forever be known as
Hillary Rodham Clinton...
>> NARRATOR: She became skilled
at policy and politics,
a fighter willing to play
hardball to win.
>> Not only is she with him
every step of the way, but he's
relying on her more than ever.
She was his main policy maven
during that period as well as
political advisor.
>> It's a moment we've been
waiting for.
We all know it.
You can feel it.
Destiny is about to shake hands
with history.
>> NARRATOR: And after a decade
as governor, they believed they
were finally ready.
They would make a run
for the White House.
>> And that is why today,
I proudly announce my candidacy
for president of the United
States of America.
>> ♪ Don't stop thinking
about tomorrow... ♪
>> And Hillary was right
with him, holding each other,
waving to the crowds.
And I remember looking at them
and I said, "I just hope they
know what they're getting into."
>> I have no idea because I've
never done it before, I don't
have any idea what's going to
happen, but I'm ready for it.
We'll see.
>> NARRATOR: Hillary would find
out whether she was ready soon
enough.
>> Yes, I was Bill Clinton's
lover for 12 years.
>> NARRATOR: Bill's past was
about to catch up with him
and Hillary.
>> The truth is I loved him.
Now he tells me to deny it.
>> The problems of Bill and
other women are central to the
Arkansas years and the marriage
of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
>> Well, I'm sick of all
of the deceit and I'm sick
of all of the lies.
>> The rumors about other women
that are more than rumors;
they're based on fact.
>> He is absolutely lying.
>> Every marriage is a puzzle,
even to the people in it, and to
have, on top of everything else,
to have that laid out there...
And did I know that he had
almost... did I know he had been
unfaithful in his marriage?
Yes.
He's a great flirt.
We'll leave it at that.
>> NARRATOR: In Arkansas,
there was even a name for it--
"bimbo eruptions."
>> Hillary certainly knows,
she absolutely knows then.
She doesn't know everything.
She never wanted to know
everything.
Hillary is the only person
in the world who can completely
answer that question accurately,
but from all of my reporting
on that subject, she certainly
knew.
>> NARRATOR: Hillary had avoided
speaking publicly about it.
>> She would never do that.
She will never open the door
to the possibility of opening
a conversation about his
peccadilloes.
And I think that that goes
to the core of a lot of the
clenched quality that
she portrays in public.
>> NARRATOR: As they campaigned
in New Hampshire, the press
pounced.
>> What's your relationship
with Gennifer Flowers?
>> There really isn't one,
obviously.
The charges are false.
>> The allegations were
beginning to take hold.
They were beginning to undermine
the credibility of this
candidacy.
>> Flowers' allegations
of a prolonged extramarital...
>> He's trying to regain
his lead in the polls...
>> NARRATOR: In New Hampshire,
Bill's candidacy seemed doomed.
If they wanted to win, Hillary
would have to be willing to talk
about Bill and other women
on national TV.
>> Clinton sat down with me
to try to put the issue to rest.
>> NARRATOR: The interview would
air just after the Super Bowl,
with 40 million Americans
watching.
>> And I was there backstage,
I was thinking to myself,
"I can't believe the two of them
going out under these
circumstances."
I mean, they must have nerves
of steel to be able to do this.
>> Earlier today, Governor
Clinton and his wife Hillary
sat down with me to try to put
the issue to rest.
>> And I remember I didn't want
to watch it with friends.
I wanted to sort of face it.
Um... it was excruciating.
>> Who is Gennifer Flowers?
How would you describe your
relationship?
>> Very limited, but until this,
you know, friendly, but limited.
>> She's alleging a 12-year
affair with you.
>> That allegation is false.
>> NARRATOR: Everything she had
fought for was in peril.
Now Hillary would speak.
>> You know, I'm not sitting
here, some little woman standing
by my man like Tammy Wynette.
I'm sitting here because I love
him and I respect him and I
honor what he's been through
and what we've been through
together.
And you know, if that's not
enough for people, then heck,
don't vote for him.
>> Again and again, she was
willing and able emotionally
to step into the breach
and protect her husband.
>> She's looking at the ends
justify the means, there's this
huge political fight going on in
the nation, they're on the right
side of that fight.
And sort of taking it out
of the personal and putting it
into this larger construct is
really her armor from then on.
>> Maybe Clinton has kept
the dogs off long enough that
he'll go on to Super Tuesday.
>> Has Bill Clinton won second?
If so, is it a strong second?
>> In New Hampshire today,
after months of campaigning
in some cases, candidates...
>> NARRATOR: The 60 Minutes
appearance worked.
They got the comeback
they were looking for.
>> I think we know enough to say
with some certainty that
New Hampshire tonight has made
Bill Clinton the "Comeback Kid."
(cheers and applause)
>> NARRATOR: The truth would
only come out years later
in this deposition.
>> And I had to admit under this
definition that I'd actually had
sexual relations with Gennifer
Flowers.
Now, I would rather have taken
a whipping than done that
after all the trouble I'd been
through with Gennifer Flowers.
