Making a separate clip from a master clip...

Hi, If I want to separate and rename clips from an original master clip and place them in separate folders, how do I do this without affecting the original master clip?
Do I need to take the cllps into the timeline, or is there a more time effective way of doing this in the viewer?
When I have tried renaming before it seems to rename all the clips including the master by the same name...
What am i doing wrong?
Thanks.

Thanks Caleb.
What I am wondering is do I need to make copy the master each time I want to make an independant clip?
Say I want to use the master to further log clips from that master clip. Do I need to duplicate the master each time?
Will the in and out points always refer to the entire clip in the viewer, or can I make the clip independent to the point that it no longer refers to the master in terms of duration?
I mean, the master clip was 3minutes, and I want 5 seconds from the clip, is there a way to open the new clip in the viewer and have the time line only represent 5 seconds total, rather than 5 seconds selected from 3 minutes?
If not, how do I zoom in on clips I am trimming in the viewer? If the clip is really long, I find it hard to cut precislely within a very short clip...
Thanks for your patience.

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