He’s trying to be the helpful husband, but Bill Clinton just can’t help but talk himself into a corner.

He appeared in an interview with Charlie Rose last night. Try to follow his convoluted explanation of Hillary’s health.

What’d he say?

“Well if it is, it’s a mystery to me and all of her doctors because frequently—well not frequently, rarely—but on more than one occasion, over the last many, many years, the same sort of thing happened to her when she got severely dehydrated.”

Huh? So what is it — frequently, or not frequently? Rarely, or not rarely? And over how many years? Three? Five? Ten?

Wait, what?

But, it’s because she has worked so, so hard for the American people.

“She’s worked like a demon as Secretary of State. . .”

Heh. Like a ‘demon.’ You don’t say.

And about that pneumonia diagnosis. . .

“A friend of ours called and left a message today, that her husband had actually just been hospitalized for pneumonia apparently there’s a lot of it going around and a bunch of her staff has gotten sick. But she’s just doing fine. She just got dehydrated yesterday.”

Just dehydrated? Wasn’t she diagnosed with pneumonia?

Clinton’s press secretary Brian Fallon says that yes, Hillary does have pneumonia, but not to worry. It’s not contagious — even though Bill Clinton said “there’s a lot of it going around and a bunch of her staff has gotten sick.” But, no sir, not contagious. Not at all.

“She is not contagious, she’s been told by her doctors. She was playing with her grandkids yesterday and they don’t have anything to worry about because she’s not contagious at this point.”

The Hillary shills at Huffington Post airily tell us that we’re ignorant of pneumonia.

Most cases of pneumonia are contagious, but it’s not common for people with pneumonia to give it to other people. Instead, the initial bacterial, viral or fungal infection may be passed from one person to another, causing some people to go on to develop pneumonia. . . . according to Dr. David Beuther, a pulmonologist at National Jewish Health hospital in Denver.

Yet “a bunch of her staff has gotten sick.”

But forget the pneumonia. Let’s look at Hillary’s known medical history.

• Blood clot in 1998, when she was First Lady, with a recurrence in 2009.
• Concussion in 2013 after falling at home.
• Deep vein thrombosis, which can lead to clotting.
• Blood clot in her brain in 2011. She now takes blood thinners.
• Hypothyroidism.

None of the above are uncommon for a person of 68 years of age. Yet this is the person who wants to be the leader of the free world. And we’re supposed to trust that this woman will be cognitively and physically able to handle crises both domestic and international?

But not to worry. Bill Clinton says it’s all okay. She feels like a million bucks.

Right. Lie, spin, repeat.