ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump had the friendly crowd at a simmer during a campaign rally Tuesday evening in Tampa, Florida. Then the showman in chief dropped two words that sent them into a raucous boil: “Crooked Hillary.”

Trump had long pivoted away from the man he was ostensibly there to boost in his no-longer-long-shot bid for the Republican nomination for governor, Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis. Trump was touting Trump. Just before employing the derisive moniker that helped him vanquish his 2016 general election foe, Trump was boasting about moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

“We started working — and for $400,000 we actually have a very beautiful American embassy in Jerusalem — really beautiful,” the New York real estate tycoon said. “Now, that’s one I guarantee no other president is doing. Can you imagine ‘Crooked Hillary’ doing that? Can you, honestly? Can you imagine?”

The audience, many in “Make America Great Again” gear, erupted. First with angry, loud boos.

Then, it was as if Trump using his nickname for Clinton had opened a time warp back to 2016. As he stood behind the presidential podium with a smirk, the crowd loudly chanted, “Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!”