Thats an interesting way to look at it.
I reckon the reason that Obama said nothing before was he was expecting Clinton to come home empty handed and he could then have sidelined both Clintons as failures except Clinton delivered and suceeded where Obama had intended him to fail.
Sorry but I think Obama tried to set Bill and Hillary up and failed miserably.
In the end, the Clintons delivered because you can bet Bill will say Hillary advised him and Obama just looks like he aint running the show again.
The Clinton just look like they are running the administration and not bambi.