Madeleine Albright bests Conan on Twitter

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright took on late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien in a Twitter battle.

• O'Brien tweeted about being "Slutty Madeleine Albright" for Halloween


• The ex-secretary of state responded with her own putdown


• Albright warned the comedian not to battle a diplomat

(CNN) -- You got served, Conan O'Brien.

The late night talk show host discovered that diplomats have a way with words when he tweeted Thursday, "I picked out my Halloween costume. I'm going as 'Slutty Madeleine Albright.' "

I picked out my Halloween costume. I'm going as "Slutty Madeleine Albright."

— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) October 23, 2014

The former secretary of state responded with a bit of her own humor: ".@ConanOBrien I'm considering going as hunky Conan O'Brien - but that might be too far fetched."

.@ConanOBrien I'm considering going as hunky Conan O'Brien - but that might be too far fetched.

— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) October 23, 2014

Burn!

The tweet seemed to tickle O'Brien, who came back with ".@Madeleine YES - My first twitter war with a former Secretary of State! You're next, George P. Shultz!"

.@Madeleine YES - My first twitter war with a former Secretary of State! You're next, George P. Shultz!

— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) October 23, 2014

Albright, who in the Clinton administration in 1997 became the first woman to serve as secretary of state, offered the funnyman 90 characters of wisdom: ".@ConanOBrien Never get into a word war with a diplomat. We talk even more than comedians."

.@ConanOBrien Never get into a word war with a diplomat. We talk even more than comedians.

— Madeleine Albright (@madeleine) October 23, 2014

The sparring ended with O'Brien tweeting, "Damn - Whenever I go toe to toe with @Madeleine Albright, she always wins."

Damn - Whenever I go toe to toe with @Madeleine Albright, she always wins.

— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) October 24, 2014

Indeed.