DADE CITY, Fla. — In battleground Florida, Hillary Clinton warned wavering Republicans and independents to think hard before handing the White House to the man she called a groping, peeping-Tom sexist.

She insisted that her candidacy is focused on uplift and optimism, but a week before Election Day, her message was all about Donald Trump's sleazy and unseemly side.

"He sure has spent a lot of time demeaning, degrading and assaulting women. ... I would rather be here talking about nearly anything else," she said. "A lot of his supporters don't like to hear this. I don't blame them. If I were supporting him, I wouldn't want to hear it either."

She repeated the litany of complaints about Trump's treatment of women: calling them ugly and nasty or pigs. Dismissing claims by a dozen women who attest that he didn't just boast about groping, he'd actually done it to them. Insisting that he couldn't possibly have done those things because those women weren't attractive enough to assault, Clinton recounted.

The crowd booed, a thousand or so men and women under a blaring sun at Pasco-Hernando State College in Dade City, north of Tampa. Trump and Clinton are devoting much of their time this week to Florida.

She was just getting started. She quickly pivoted to his boasts that he'd "inspected" beauty pageant contestants by barging in on their dressing rooms while they were undressed.

"Inspect this!" a woman at the back of the crowd shouted.

"As bad as that is, he didn't just do it at the Miss USA pageant, the Miss Universe pageant. He's also been accused of doing this at the Miss Teen USA pageant. ... Some of them were just 15 years old. We cannot hide from this. We've got to face it. This man wants to be president of the United States," Clinton said.

The coordinated focus on Trump's treatment of women included a crowd-thrilling appearance by Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe from Venezuela who has complained of mistreatment by Trump when he owned the pageant.

"Trump was overwhelming. I was scared of him," she said, introducing Clinton. "He told me that I looked ugly and I was massive. He even called me names. He said to me, Miss Piggy, Miss Housekeeping, Miss Eating Machine. ... It's really clear that he does not respect women. He just judges us on our looks. He thinks he can do whatever he wants and get away with it."

Clinton called Trump a terrible role model.

"What about our girls?" she said.

Michael Cox of the Greater Pasco Chamber of Commerce, one of Clinton's warm-up speakers, made a Freudian slip that echoed the day's line of attack: "Presidents don't make reckless and erotic comments that insult our allies," he said. "Trump is over his head, and he is an embarrassment to us abroad. He is such an embarrassment he may get us into another war."

Florida is razor thin. Trump holds a 1 percentage point lead in the latest average of polls from RealClearPolitics, though Clinton is ahead by about 2.5 points in calculations from Huffington Post Pollster.

"Florida —I wish it were going to be 10 points Hillary, but it's going to be closer. That means we can't take anything for granted," said U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., adding, "This is the ugliest that I've ever seen a political campaign."

A few hundred yards from the outdoor stage where Clinton spoke, a few dozen protesters chanted "Lock her up!" and "Hillary's a murderer!" Two wore a Clinton-as-inmate outfits. Another held a sign that underscored Clinton's implicit warnings that a Trump win would unleash a new era of sexism: "Vote Trump: Finally Someone with Balls"

The FBI's revelation last week that it is looking at a fresh cache of 650,000 emails from a computer owned by Clinton confidante Huma Abedin gave Trump fresh ammunition to paint Clinton as corrupt. Clinton made no mention of the email scandal and allegations, even as aides aggressively pushed back on cable TV.

"If you're in the business of releasing information about investigation on presidential candidates, release everything you have on Donald Trump," Clinton campaign manager Robbie Mook demanded of the FBI on CNN. "Release the information on his connections to the Russians. Maybe there are investigations now into his taxes. ... Every time people ask questions about investigations pertaining to Donald Trump, they are tight-lipped and silent. Quote-unquote `sticking with protocol.' "

In the crowd, Clinton backers shrug off the allegations as so much mud, exaggerated beyond reason in the heat of a campaign.

"We don't need Trump coming in here, cutting people down. He has no plan. She's the only hope for our country," said Patricia Clower, 57, a social worker from Dade City.

"Instead of Donald Trump's dangerous and divisive vision, mine is positive, optimistic, hopeful and unifying," Clinton told the crowd. "Think about how you will feel the day after the election. ... Are we going to be pulled backwards by someone who wants to bully us?"