President Obama’s record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship.

In this line, Clinton frames Barack Obama’s national-security performance as evidence of personal qualities—“strength” and “judgment”—rather than as a mere set of policy outcomes. The phrasing also casts Obama’s approach as collaborative: “inclusion and partnership” are presented as virtues that transcend domestic political conflict (“partisanship”). The quote functions rhetorically as a character endorsement aimed at reassuring audiences who may doubt a Democratic president’s toughness on security, while simultaneously advancing a broader political ideal: that effective national security depends on coalition-building, shared responsibility, and pragmatic cooperation at home and abroad.