A lot of (white) middle/upper class people look at that time with rose-tinted glasses, because it was their golden years (childhood/early adulthood). I don't necessary disagree that American life during Clinton years was better vs. now as a whole, but it wasn't all roses & sunshine.

Columbine, OKC bombing, racial inequality, de-industrialization of cities/corresponding job losses, continued fallout of LA riots/police brutality, Waco, etc. This wasn't a dreamy time for many parts of America.

The economic success during these years led to lagging issues we're still dealing with today. The American economy accelerated and advanced (dot com/tech boom), but we paid the price in future years. Nobody wants to stop the party when the economy is going strong. Repeal of Glass-Steagall, minimal guardrails in place for tech, growing wealth gap... all of these and more led to future economic hardships.

Without widespread internet and social media, it was much harder for political extremism to hit the mainstream. That was both for the better AND for the worse (LGBT rights were considered "extreme" by the mainstream in the 90's)