Bird gets to canoodle with Clinton? (9)
I believe the answer is:
spoonbill
'bird' is the definition.
(spoonbill is a kind of bird)
'canoodle with clinton?' is the wordplay.
'canoodle' becomes 'spoon' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'clinton?' becomes 'bill' (alternative way of addressing President Clinton).
'spoon'+'bill'='SPOONBILL'
'gets to' is the link.
(Other definitions for spoonbill that I've seen before include "Tall wading bird" , "Large wading bird" , "one rarely seen in the UK?" , "flyer" , "Wading bird with broad beak" .)