Clinton tried to make the 92 playbook work again. Too bad for him that W was using the same playbook.
Clinton campaign staff were never really "successful" to begin with; their only noteworthy success was to take a Democratic challenger in 1992 and get 43% of the popular vote. Were it not for Ross Perot, Clinton would have been consigned to the dustbin of history in November of 1992 . . . and nobody would have heard another peep from folks like Mike McCurry, George Stephenopolous, James Carville, Howard Ickes, etc.
It should come as no surprise, therefore, that very few of the Clinton cronies have ever had much success in politics since then. This -- more than any kind of nefarious intent on their part (on behalf of Hillary) -- is the REAL story behind their poor performance in recent years.