News reports say that Warren gave her a hug and that at least one member of the popular author's Saddleback Valley Community Church called Clinton her "hero." Associated Press quotes Warren, who acknowledges there are issues on which his church and Clinton disagree, as saying: "[W]hen millions are dying each year [from AIDS], we are interested in lives, not labels."

Senator Clinton (D-New York) was one of several speakers to attend this week's AIDS summit at Pastor Rick Warren's church in California. During her speech on Thursday to the crowd of more than a thousand people, Clinton vowed to fight what some refer to as the "global AIDS pandemic" and pledged to spend $50 million on HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention worldwide if elected president.

"What Saddleback is doing is helping raise her profile as a legitimate presidential candidate in the eyes of evangelical Christians," he says -- adding: "I think that is a huge error."

Sen. Clinton at Saddleback Church - A big mistake?