On “Morning Joe” Wednesday, MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski offered some advice to Hillary Clinton: stop sounding like a stilted imitation of Elizabeth Warren.

The segment began with a clip of Clinton repeating her line about the deck being stacked in favor of those at the top, citing greedy CEOs and hedgefund managers who don't pay enough in taxes in her opinion. "I'm running for president because I think that Americans and their families need a champion," said Clinton.

Brzezinski said that while she believed the populist message Clinton is attempting to present is a good direction for her, she has to be more convincing to make it “resonate” with voters. The problem, she explained, was that Clinton just sounded like she was repeating Warren’s talking points:

BRZEZINSKI: I just feel like it's a great message, but she's gotta stop sounding like -- if this is going to resonate with people -- it has to stop sounding like she talked to Elizabeth Warren on the phone and then repeated everything Elizabeth Warren said... I wish she had said this before the two of them met and people started talking about Elizabeth Warren.

Later Brzezinski added that her real point was that she "want[s] to believe" Clinton, but suggested that so far she wasn’t buying it.

BRZEZINSKI: I want to believe it, I guess is my point. I want to believe this is her message.

The panel agreed that the populist talking points were a good strategy, noting that all of the key players had their own version of it, co-host Joe Scarborough saying that it was essential that candidates address the issue of the "two Americas" in terms of economic equality.

H/t Mediaite.