PHILADELPHIA — There have been millions of words, decades of video and reams of commentary devoted to their story. It’s been dissected, defended and decried at kitchen tables and on cable news, in tabloids and classrooms. But on Tuesday night, as millions of voters watched and with the political stakes as high as they’ve ever been, Bill Clinton tried to make sense of it all and make the case for his wife, the newly minted Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. “In the spring of 1971, I met a girl,” he began. The former president’s tenth address to a Democratic convention was by far his most personal, a 42-minute tour through wedding proposals and Halloween parties, the deaths of parents and movie marathons. Related ArticlesJuly 27, 2016 Favored by Obama, TPP deal draws ire at Dem, GOP conventions July 26, 2016 Top Bernie Sanders supporter in Colorado urges movement to back Clinton July 26, 2016 Clinton wins historic nomination, says glass ceiling cracked July 26, 2016 Hickenlooper scheduled to speak in prime time Thursday at Democratic convention July 26, 2016 Would Hillary Clinton really be a good role model? Perhaps their worst moments — the Monica Lewinsky scandal, impeachment and legal battles that followed — were conspicuously omitted. Instead, Bill Clinton cast himself as a passenger in his wife’s life, reshaping the story of much of their decades in politics. The goal was to make Clinton, perhaps the most famous female politician in the world, yet a public figure her aides claim remains unknown, relatable to voters.