After catching heat over recent remarks criticizing President Barack Obama's foreign policy, Hillary Clinton called the president to patch things up and is hoping that the two can move forward by "hugging it out."

Tension between the two political foes-turned-comrades developed after Clinton told The Atlantic that President's Obama decision not to assist Syrian rebels early on was a "failure." She also dismissed the Obama administration's self-described foreign policy principle of "Don't do stupid stuff," which she said is not an "organizing principle" for "great nations."

Her comments gave Obama's Republican adversaries fodder for criticism against his foreign policy and unleashed a storm of backlash from pro-Obama supporters.

In response to Clinton's comments, Obama's former senior political advisor David Axelrod slammed Clinton on her decision to vote in favor of the Iraq War back in 2003 when she was a senator.

"Just to clarify: 'Don't do stupid stuff' means stuff like occupying Iraq in the first place, which was a tragically bad decision," Axelrod tweeted on Tuesday.

In turn, Clinton's support behind President George W. Bush's Iraq invasion hurt her during her 2008 presidential election campaign, leading Obama, a vocal opponent of the war, to eventually become president.

According to Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill, the former first lady called Obama to clear the air over her critique of Obama's handling of foreign affairs and to emphasize "that nothing she said was an attempt to attack him, his policies, or his leadership," reports the New York Daily News.

The statement was released Tuesday, a day before she and Obama will likely see each other at an A-list party on Martha's Vineyard Wednesday evening.

"Secretary Clinton was proud to serve with President Obama, she was proud to be his partner in the project of restoring American leadership and advancing America's interests and values in a fast changing world," reads the statement, according to POLITICO. "She continues to share his deep commitment to a smart and principled foreign policy that uses all the tools at our disposal to achieve our goals. Earlier today, the secretary called President Obama to make sure he knows that nothing she said was an attempt to attack him, his policies, or his leadership."

It continued: "Secretary Clinton has at every step of the way touted the significant achievements of his presidency, which she is honored to have been part of as his secretary of state. While they've had honest differences on some issues, including aspects of the wicked challenge Syria presents, she has explained those differences in her book and at many points since then. Some are now choosing to hype those differences but they do not eclipse their broad agreement on most issues. Like any two friends who have to deal with the public eye, she looks forward to hugging it out when ... they see each other tomorrow night."