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Hillary Clinton offered a strong defense of her husband's presidency on Friday as both Democrats and Republicans have started to link the former first lady to the economic policies of the 1990s.

Clinton's comments were more political than historical, and she offered a tough critique of former President George W. Bush as someone focused solely on tax cuts for the rich.

The former first lady, who's considering a presidential run in 2016, also painted a dower picture of Republican economic policies and commended the economic decisions of the Obama administration.

"The 1990s taught us that even in the face of difficult long term economic trends, it is possible through smart policies and sound investments to enjoy broad-based growth and shared prosperity," Clinton said during a speech at a New America Foundation confab, adding that her husband's years in the White House showed that "a rising tide really did raise all boats."

Clinton went on to say that the Bush years indicated "we can turn surpluses into debt, we can return to rising deficits."

"That is what happens when your only policy prescription is to cut taxes for the wealthy," she added.

In describing the Bush years, Clinton said the government "allowed the evolution of an entire shadow banking system that operated without accountability" and failed "to invest adequately in infrastructure, education, basic research and then the housing crash, the financial crisis hit like a flash flood."

Clinton overtly added politics to the speech, too, by mentioning the upcoming midterm elections.

"Americans will have choices to make about which path they want to go down and whether we will make the investments we need in our people," Clinton said of the November elections. "I will leave that discussion to others."

Republican attacks on Clinton have stepped up since the former secretary of state openly acknowledged that she was thinking about running for president. While many Republicans have focused on her record at the State Department and in the Senate, some have begun to take aim at Bill Clinton's economic record.

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Hillary Clinton offered up a personal insight about her family on Friday that speaks volumes about what the 2016 presidential race will be like if she - as many expect - decides to run.

"Our motto is 'we're all in this together,'" she said, quoting the Clinton family mantra. "Which we totally believe."

And she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, lived out those words all week long, hopscotching from event to event, defending each other's record along the way.

In Washington, D.C., Friday afternoon, Hillary Clinton touted her husband's economic accomplishments while bashing former President George W. Bush's, in a detailed speech on the economy and unemployment.

"The 1990s taught us that even in the face of long-term economic trends, it's possible through smart policies and sound investments to enjoy broad based growth and shared prosperity," Clinton said at the New America Big Ideas conference at the Newseum.

Referring to Bill Clinton's lecture last week at Georgetown University where he also defended his economic policies in the White House, Hillary Clinton reiterated the numbers her husband boasted: "Twenty-three million jobs were created: raising the minimum wage, doubling the earned income tax credit that helped millions of low income families climb out of povertyand all with a balanced budget that resulted in surpluses as far as the eye can see."

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Hillary is one-half of the world's most formidable political tag team, and on Friday, she was just returning the favor. Earlier this week, the former president deflected criticism of both his wife's health and her handling of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

At a speaking appearance in Washington on Wednesday, he took aim at Karl Rove for his recent accusations that his wife has "brain damage."

"First, they said she faked her concussion and now they say she is auditioning for her part on 'The Walking Dead,'" Bill Clinton told PBS' Gwen Ifill at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation's 2014 Fiscal Summit, adding "There is nothing to it. I was sort of dumbfounded."

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