Hillary Clinton continues to wow as she wraps up her tour of Asia and the South Pacific. In addition to working to end terrorism and secure the globe, the Secretary of State insisted this week that she’s going to use her position to help boost women’s rights around the world.

And that message is going over resoundingly well in Asia.

During a visit Friday to a women’s university in Seoul, South Korea, Clinton spoke of more flexible working hours for working moms, maternity leave and gender equality, and was met with standing ovations and applause. She also showed us a bit of her softer side when she talked about her "true love" Bill.

"My husband is my best friend," she said, according to Agence France-Presse. "I just feel very fortunate … that I have a relationship that’s been so meaningful to me in my adult life."

Meanwhile, Clinton received a far different reception for her comments on North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s possible successor. The 67-year-old leader of the rogue communist state suffered a stroke last summer, leaving many wondering what will happen to his regime, but it has been considered taboo for Washington officials to talk publicly about what comes next in North Korea. That didn’t stop Clinton from speaking out on succession.

"I don’t think that it’s a forbidden subject to talk about succession in the hermit kingdom," she told reporters on Friday. "You deal with Kim Jong-il now and for as long as he is the man who is calling the shots … we have to assume he is because that’s who we deal with."

So, was she purposefully being forthcoming, or did she make a diplomatic boo-boo?

"The question is whether Mrs. Clinton made a beginner’s error that could upset other players in the negotiations, like China. Or whether she showed refreshing candor — the kind of approach that could shake loose what has been a diplomatic quagmire for the last eight years," The New York Times says.

Meanwhile, The Washington Times offered this: "Mrs. Clinton’s remarks were the most extensive and frank public comments on the succession issue by a senior U.S. official and raised questions about whether she meant to say what she said or misspoke out of diplomatic inexperience."

We don’t think that was any slip up. Clinton likely knew exactly what she was doing — perhaps pushing the envelope to send a subtle message that the U.S. won’t be a pushover when it comes to North Korea?