Clinton said it was a difficult choice for Hillary Clinton to make because she "adored being in the Senate," CNN reported Wednesday.

He said his wife's first inkling that she was being considered for a post in the Obama cabinet came when she read about it in a newspaper.

Clinton said he will have very little to do with her decisions in the job.

"I'll just try to be a helpful sounding board to her, but I don't think I'll do any more than that," the former president told CNN.

He made the comments in Hong Kong after arriving to open a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.