Trump says Hillary Clinton put Bill 'through hell' after he bashed Obamacare – and jokes about 'many nights when he's gone through hell with Hillary' 

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Donald Trump said Tuesday in Arizona that Hillary Clinton likely put her husband Bill 'through hell' after the former president called the Obamacare medical insurance program 'the craziest thing in the world.'

'And she wants to double down on Obamacare! I bet he went through hell last night,' the Republican presidential nominee told a packed arena in Prescott Valley, Arizona.

'Can you imagine? Can you imagine what he went through after making that statement? He went through hell.'

'But honestly,' Trump added, 'there have been many nights when he's gone through hell with Hillary.'

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Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton has put her husband Bill 'through hell' many times – including last night after the former president openly criticized the Obamacare system

Bill Clinton lambasted President Barack Obama's signature law as 'the craziest thing in the world' on Monday 

Bill Clinton told a campaign crowd in Flint, Michigan on Monday that the Affordable Care Act created 'this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have health care and then the people who are out there busting it, sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half.'

'It's the craziest thing in the world,' he said.

He tried to walk it back on Tuesday. 'We, for the first time in our history, at least are providing insurance to more than 90 per cent of our people,' he said in Athens, Ohio.

Hours later in the Ohio town of Steubenville, he joked about being 'no good' on the campaign stump now that he’s a grandfather – and a less-cautious speaker.

'You know, you need your Miranda warnings every time you open your mouth,' he said, 'because anything you say can be held against you.' 

Trump fired on him with both barrels on Tuesday, saying he had finally 'told the truth about Obamacare.'

'He's absolutely trashed President Obama's signature legislation. Remember, Hillary Clinton called Obamacare one of the greatest accomplishments of President Obama, of the Democratic Party, and of our country. Give me a break!' he said.

'You see what's happening with your premiums? They're going through the room. Some of them are up 60, 70, 80 percent.'

Clinton, Trump explained, had said Monday 'that it doesn't make any sense, and that the insurance model doesn't work. Now I've been saying that for a long time!'

'At least he's honest. He's very late.'

Hillary Clinton is leveraging her famous husband to help her win the White House in her own right, but Bill's stumble could cost her

Trump spoke to a crowded arena in Prescott Valley, Arizona on Tuesday afternoon

Trump pledged, as he has more than 100 times since he launched his presidnetial campaign last year, that he would ask Congress 'to send me a bill to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare' on his first day in office.

The Republican nominee also pushed the public skirmish over his income taxes into a third day, blaming Hillary Clinton for bowing to wealthy donors and failing to close loopholes in the U.S. Tax Code when she served in Congress.

'After years of failure, she complains about how I've used the tax laws of this country to my benefit!' Trump fumed.

'Then I ask a simple question: Why didn't she try to change those laws so I couldn't use them?'

The Affordable Care Act, nicknamed Obamacare, is seen by the president as the biggest single achievement of his presidency, although its financial underpinnings are unraveling

Hillary was caught saying at a fundraiser that Obamacare 'has done a lot of good, but I’m gonna fix some of the things that need fixing. It’s like any other new program'

'You know why?' he asked. 'She could have changed the laws when she was in the United States Senate, but she didn't. She named a few buildings. That's all she did.'

'The reason that she did not do that is her donors and contributors have used those same tax laws as I did, the same way.'

Trump named billionaire financier George Soros, 'who declared losses of $1.5 billion ... in just 6 months.'

And Warren Buffett, he said, 'declared $873 million' in losses.

'Ask him. Did they write off those losses? Oh, I doubt it. Oh, I doubt it,' Trump snarked.

'Take a look at her donors. I know how the tax code works, better than anyone. And I'm going to fix it so it's fair and just and works for you.'