The two with English socialist, troubled (8)
I believe the answer is:
bothered
'troubled' is the definition.
('bother' can be a synonym of 'trouble')
'the two with english socialist' is the wordplay.
'the two' becomes 'both' (synonyms).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'socialist' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean a socialist).
'both'+'e'+'red'='BOTHERED'
(Other definitions for bothered that I've seen before include "` `Bewithched, ... and bewildered' '" , "Took the trouble to do something" , "The bored, strangely, can be troubled" , "''Bewitched, ... and bewildered'' (song) (8)" , "Old song: 'Bewitched, . . . . . . . . and bewildered'" .)