Marco Rubio subtly highlights Clinton's age with a '90s throwback cake

In 1996, Bill Clinton turned 50 while running against 73-year-old Bob Dole. Clinton's camp took the opportunity to emphasize his comparative youth with a giant, custom birthday cake:

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In 2015, Marco Rubio turned 44, and his campaign released a birthday cake graphic that looks very familiar:

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Rubio is 23 years younger than Hillary Clinton, who is 67 — just as Bill Clinton was 23 years younger than Dole. It's a clever knock at Clinton's age, though ironically a reference that will only be understood by people who are old enough to remember mid-1990s politics.

Rubio is not the first GOP candidate to address Clinton's age in light of a comparatively young Republican field — though others, like 52-year-old Rand Paul, have been a little more indirect. And speaking of Paul and Rubio, a poll released today finds that these two poll strongest against Clinton in a national matchup.