Hillary Clinton laid out her plan to end global poverty and fight disease in Africa during a visit to the Global Summit on AIDS at Saddleback Church in California — the home parish of pastor Rick Warren, author of “The Purpose Driven Life.”

Amid numerous Biblical references, Sen Clinton proposed $50 billion over five years for providing universal access to treatment, prevention, and care for global HIV/AIDS, and vowed to stamp out malaria deaths in Africa by the end of her second term.

Of course, she has to win one term first, and visiting the largest megachurch in California won’t hurt that cause. Warren is something of controversial figure in evangelical circles; some more conservative critics say hosting Barack Obama at this forum last year, as well as Warren’ signature on a Global Warming Pact and what they say is his tendency to play fast and loose with some Biblical tenets in favor of a more broad message of love, have shown his true liberal colors.

But there’s no question as to Warren’s influence in the Christian community. More than 400,000 ministers and priests have been trained in his methods at seminars, and nearly 200,000 subscribe to the weekly newsletter.

A visit to his church allows her a safe forum to talk about and display her faith, as well as reach out to that vast network of Christians.

Watch her entrance, and her explanation about why she showed up. done