Anyone who thinks that an instant of time, as represented by mere numbers, is actually a meaningful, complete metric is a simpleton who should work as a pointy haired boss. The current administration, much like Clinton's as well as others, has set in motion through action (executive orders) or negligence (ISIS, Benghazi), scenarios which will indeed be costly, in terms of lives, and the economy.
Just because your man is good at kicking the can down the road, or avoiding issues he shouldn't because it looks good in the short term, doesn't make him a good leader.
FWIW, I don't dislike Bill Clinton all that much, but in all honesty, he wasn't singlehandedly responsible for the boom of the '90s, if any "Bill" was responsible for that, it was Bill Gates and Bill Joy (of Sun); it was the IT boom that fueled the economy, up until the point that the bubble inevitably burst.. which also happened before Clinton even left office.