He has the backing of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but they have clashed over key appointments.
One of Mr. Obama's key foreign-policy advisers, Denis McDonough, has clashed over ambassadorial appointments with Mrs. Clinton's chief of staff, Cheryl D. Mills, a negotiation that is more delicate than usual because the secretary of state, like the president, wants to reward political supporters.
This involved Pope Gregory VII (pope 1073 85) and Emperor Henry IV, who initially clashed over episcopal appointments, a dispute that turned into a battle over the ideas of investiture, clerical marriage, and simony.
Rival factions in Parliament have clashed over the appointment of an outside auditor to the organization.
However, Mr Cameron did ask me to be his envoy to the Vatican, though this appointment clashed with Strictly Come Dancing.
A jobcentre interview clashed with an appointment to fill some cavities, and Alex concluded that the family could not afford his dental work.
Khamenei and Ahmadinejad have a fraught relationship, and have clashed over the appointment of officials.
Randolph W. Thrower, who served two years as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service under President Richard M. Nixon before clashing with the administration over appointments and its efforts to punish political enemies, died March 8 at his home in Atlanta.
The selection of Ms Holguín irritated him, since she had clashed with him over several appointments she saw as repaying political favours.
Spicer, whose tenure was marked by a contentious relationship with the press, resigned in July after clashing with Trump over the appointment of Anthony Scaramucci as communications director.
Mr Netanyahu and Mr Lieberman have also clashed repeatedly over key diplomatic appointments.But their bitterest discord is over legislation drafted by Mr Lieberman's party to ease conversion to Judaism.
