Maybe it was not the time for grand visions, but incremental steps. He is obsessed by it. There is a story, retold by Martin Kettle in The Guardian last month, that during his first term, Clinton spoke to his former pollster Dick Morris about how presidents were remembered. Right now, to be honest, I think you are borderline third tier. That was before Monica and before impeachment.
Legacy is a slippery word, and few presidents have left lasting footprints.
Those millions of hectares that Clinton has protected against development - Bush will see if he can get out of that. Bush is thinking about stopping American funds going to overseas organisations that include in their family planning work access to abortions. Clinton was the first baby-boomer president. Bush is also a boomer, but one who rejected the counter culture. Democrats still deride Bush as dumb, but will never again make the mistake of underestimating him.