What did Obama say about Hillary Clinton?

Answer 1

This is not an easy question to answer because there have been two distinct phases of their professional relationship. When the two were competing in a very intense contest for the Democratic party's presidential nomination in 2007-2008, they both said some very unflattering things about each other. This, of course, is part of campaigning. But once President Obama was inaugurated, he chose Hillary as his secretary of state, because the campaign was over and he had great respect for her ability as a diplomat. Thus, if you want to look at newspaper and magazine articles from 2007-2008, you will see the two trading insults, and criticizing each other; but if you look at the period from 2009-2012, their relationship has been very cordial and the president has frequently praised her work.