Yes, but Bill is that smart... they'll get there one way or another... cause they say so.
Sometimes in history, people get reputation for being intelligent or superb tacticians when the fact is they're lucky.
Bill Clinton wasn't smart enough to keep his pants zippered when he knew the rightwing was after him. He wasn't smart enough to understand that he did have sex with that woman and it would affect Paula Jone's suit against him.
However, he was lucky. Some people are lucky in their friends. Bill Clinton was lucky in his enemies. Clinton's enemies, like Gingrich, were even scummier than he was.