Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee on Wednesday likened Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE to a Republican, citing her hawkish positions on foreign policy.

"Really the main difference is our approach to the world," Chafee said in an interview Wednesday on "Fox and Friends," mentioning ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.

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"She's more like the Republicans," Chafee said. "My argument is, you won't have a choice if Secretary Clinton is the Democratic nominee because she's so similar to the Republicans."

He echoed that sentiment in another interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," suggesting his party nominate "someone that differs from the Republican approach to the world."

"Where we're going in the world — her tenure as secretary of State, her vote for the Iraq war — kind of indicates a similarity to the Republican candidates that are running," he said on MSNBC.

The former Rhode Island governor is mounting a long-shot bid against Clinton, who is running well ahead of all her rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Chafee has dished up relentless criticism of Clinton's 2002 vote as a senator authorizing the Iraq war, and has described her muscular approach to foreign policy as similar to the neo-conservatives who were part of the George W. Bush administration.

Last week he also discussed "questionable ethics practices" that have followed Clinton over the years.

"I think that our candidates should stick to the ideas that draw a contrast between our party and our party's agenda and the Republicans," Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.) said on CNN when pressed whether Chafee's comments were appropriate.

Chafee somewhat doubled down Wednesday over his criticism of Clinton.

"Well obviously she has a credibility problem over a long history of ethical questions, most recently with the emails and the Clinton Foundation donations," he said on MSNBC.

"But really my main criticism, if I could, is in her approach to the world. And that's really what I want to talk about in the campaign."