The reason I watched Clinton’s speech was to see how he would undermine 0 while appearing to praise him. In addition to Newt’s good points, Clinton gave hefty praise to Hillary’s State Department, and he indulged in a policy wonkathon that unnecessarily extended the speech and left 0 cooling his heels backstage for 15-20 minutes.
It's a tactic called "Damning with Faint Praise". (The Irish are skilled at it BTW.)