Monica Lewinsky-Bill Clinton Scandal: 7 Things We Learned From PBS Documentary 'Clinton'

But what new details does the documentary really tell us about the Clinton-Lewinsky affair? How many other women were "distractions" in the president's life? How many staffers were in on the scandal (or weren't)? And how did Hillary Clinton really react when faced with her husband's affairs?

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Here are seven things we learned from watching the PBS documentary, including everything you need to know about how the affair started, how his advisers felt when the story broke, and how the public's view of the scandal has changed since.

1. Monica Lewinsky was far from the only one.

Monica Lewinsky may have been the only woman President Clinton had an affair with while he was in the White House, but she was one of countless women the former Arkansas governor pursued.

Writer Gail Sheely told PBS that Betsey Wright, his campaign manager, actually begged Bill Clinton not to run for president because of all his past affairs.

"She sat him down with a list of names of women and went through one after the other," Sheely recalled. "Clinton said for each name, that 'she'll never say anything,' but Miss Wright replied, 'But you don't know that!'"

Wright decided to lay it out for him. "The problem is, we're not just talking about you," Sheely claims she said. "We're talking about your wife, we're talking about your child."

Nor was Monica Lewinsky the only scandal that went public. Clinton's time as governor of Arkansas was marred by allegations of sexual misconduct. A civil lawsuit was even filed against him by former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones, who said Clinton had sexually harassed her.

2. Women were 'mesmerized' by Bill Clinton... and it hurt Hillary to see it.

Betsey Wright also agreed to be interviewed for the PBS documentary. She corroborated Sheely's account of her conversation with Clinton, adding a few details of her own.