Respected maid turning socialist (7)
I believe the answer is:
admired
'respected' is the definition.
(admiring is a kind of respecting)
'maid turning socialist' is the wordplay.
'turning' indicates an anagram.
'socialist' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean a socialist).
'maid' is an anagram of 'admi'.
'admi'+'red'='ADMIRED'
(Other definitions for admired that I've seen before include "Cherished" , "Beloved" , "applauded" , "Had a high opinion of" , "Popular" .)