“He was wonderful in making it about Hillary Clinton and, as a woman, a female politician, it’s really refreshing to see a man give credit to a woman, and obviously his dear wife,” Morales said. “But it was just all about her. And it was really refreshing to see, and that’s why we love the Clintons so much.”

And then there were the young ones who couldn’t even attend. According to Barbara Tahler, her granddaughter was “texting all day” trying to score a ticket. “Can’t we come and see Bill, President Clinton?” Tahler recounted her text. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be. “And we had to tell her no. Only Leisure World residents could come,” Tahler said.

That wasn’t an iron-clad rule, per se. The press was there, of course, along with the Maryland officialdom. And students from nearby Sherwood High School were brought in to pepper the crowd with young faces.

But the residents here are the draw for any political campaign. Leisure World in Montgomery County, a retirement age-restricted development and census-designated place, makes up a concentrated area of very loyal voters, approximately 8,700 of them, according to the 2010 Census. On Wednesday afternoon, about 300 showed up for the campaign event.

The former president recounted highlights of his wife’s early career, including her decision to work for the Children’s Defense Fund. It’s a standard part of his stump speech on her behalf, as was the accompanying play list (Katy Perry’s “Roar” was in the house, for instance.) He put his own twist on some campaign issues, talking how big banks are failing to lend to small businesses.