Can I clone a stunted outdoor plant, and still get a healthy clone?

I'm experienced with hydro, but have a little plant sitting on my deck in a pot that gets very little attention, and a little amount of light. Compared to the hydro, this plant is obviously stunted in growth, but still growing. I was going to start a mother plant, but wanted the strain from the potted plant. If I clone it, will the genetics continue to stunt the clone, or will it continue to grow healthy once I give the clone the proper attention?

I know the genetics of the lemon skunk is fast growing and big, bushy, and tall. I know the conditions that I have left the potted plant in have stunted its growth; little light, little water, little nutrients. Therefore, I'm technically not altering the genetics, so is there some type of information stored in the clone that says it went through a stressful situation, and thus will continue to grow at a slow rate. If the stress is contained within the clone, then when I grow the clone it should reflect the stress. But if the stress doesn't travel within the clone, then when I grow the clone it will just reflect the genetics of the strain, that of being large and bushy. I'm going to try it with two types of strains, the lemon skunk, and hash plant. Hopefully the stress goes away and the genetics take over once cloned. Keep your fingers crossed. Thanks for the comments.