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Hillary Clinton doesnt routinely wade into live policy debates swirling in Washington, but she made an exception on Friday, sending out a tweet that took aim at congressional efforts to roll back some of the regulations imposed after the financial collapse in 2008.

In her tweet, Mrs. Clinton sounded a populist chord that will surely hearten supporters of liberal firebrand Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.

Attacking financial reform is risky and wrong, wrote Mrs. Clinton, who is expected to announce her presidential candidacy in the next few months. Better for Congress to focus on jobs and wages for middle class families.

This week, the House passed a bill that would loosen parts of the Dodd-Frank law passed in 2010 to prevent the sort of meltdown that had shaken the economy in 2008.

Should she run, Mrs. Clinton will face pressure from liberals to align herself with middle class interests and repudiate a Wall Street community that has been a lucrative source of donations to her familys political and non-profit pursuits over the years. In this tweet and in some recent speeches, she has introduced populist themes that seem meant to mollify the partys liberal wing.

After she tweeted, conservative critics were quick to pounce.

Tim Miller, a spokesman for a group called America Rising, sent out a tweet of his own: 1st @HillaryClinton tweet in over a month a stilted attempt to not alienate Warren fans or her big donors. Inspiring.

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Hillary Clinton Strikes Populist Note in Tweet on Financial Regulation