--- title: Hillary Clinton Wants Bill Clinton to Handle the Economy description: "You know he knows how to do it," Hillary said of her husband, former president Bill Clinton canonical: https://time.com/4336918/hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-economy/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-16T14:26:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-15T01:25:57.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Wants Bill Clinton to Handle the Economy og:description: "You know he knows how to do it," Hillary said of her husband, former president Bill Clinton og:url: https://time.com/4336918/hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-economy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcca683bb73a4880a/698893430b72e3490a6e9630/gettyimages-531642272.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4444 og:image:height: 2500 og:image:alt: Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton Campaigns In Louisville, Kentucky og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Wants Bill Clinton to Handle the Economy twitter:description: "You know he knows how to do it," Hillary said of her husband, former president Bill Clinton twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcca683bb73a4880a/698893430b72e3490a6e9630/gettyimages-531642272.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Says Bill Clinton Would Be in Charge of the Economy After Election > Sponsored content. 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Hilary Clinton announce at the campaign event in Louisville, Kentucky that she will put husband Bill Clinton in charge of the economy if she is elected President._ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Dec 15, 2023 1:25 AM UTCPublished: May 16, 2016 2:26 PM UTC  Hillary Clinton addresses the crowd during a campaign stop at the Union of Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center in Louisville, Kentucky, May 15, 2016. Hillary Clinton addresses the crowd during a campaign stop at the Union of Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center in Louisville, Kentucky, May 15, 2016.John Sommers II—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Dec 15, 2023 1:25 AM UTCPublished: May 16, 2016 2:26 PM UTC Hillary Clinton says she has [found a role for her husband](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bill-clinton-charge-revitalizing-economy-hillary-clinton/story?id=39132832), former president [Bill Clinton](http://time.com/3968132/bill-clinton-george-bush-interview/), in her future administration, should she be elected next November. During a campaign stop in Kentucky on Sunday, Clinton said Bill would be in charge of “economic revitalization” if she were to be elected, a role she has hinted at but has not explicitly spelled out. “My husband, who I’m going to put in charge of revitalizing the economy, cause you know he knows how to do it,” Clinton said at a rally on Sunday, [_ABC News_](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bill-clinton-charge-revitalizing-economy-hillary-clinton/story?id=39132832) reports. “And especially in places like coal country and inner cities and other parts of our country that have really been left out.” Asked on Monday to clarify her husband’s role, Clinton said only that [he would not be a member of her cabinet](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-bill-serve-cabinet/story?id=39145531), ABC News reports. Clinton has previously said her husband has “[more ideas a minute than anybody I know](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bill-clinton-charge-revitalizing-economy-hillary-clinton/story?id=39132832),” while talking about jobs in Kentucky earlier this year. 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