Looking out at the orchestra seats and up at two balconies filled with supporters greeting her with a standing ovation at Harlem’s 1,500-seat Apollo Theater, Hillary Clinton declared, “It is wonderful to be back home in New York. Just extraordinary to look out at this crowd.”

Then, with the awareness of the burdens on aging knees, the former New York senator added, “Please be seated. You can jump up from time to time.”

During 1960 presidential campaign, swooning teenagers who ran after John Kennedy’s convertible were called “jumpers.” For Hillary, the predominant mood during her lunchtime kick-off rally for the April 19 New York primary was affection rather than raucous enthusiasm.

This was a New York crowd (yarmulkes, man buns and greying sensible haircuts). The older Democrats had supported Clinton’s 2000 and 2006 Senate races as well as her ill-fated 2008 presidential bid against Barack Obama. The younger voters played against generational stereotypes mandating that they believe in the dreamy air castles of Bernie Sanders.

“I don’t have to tell you — this is a wild election year,” Clinton said in a tone that acknowledged that “wild” was an understatement. “I’m not taking anything or anyone for granted. We’re going to work for every vote in every part of the state just like I did when I ran for the Senate.”