Ableton - bloody beginner question

An audio clip.....

Correct, I'm talking about samples with longer releases that should still be played even though the loop has to start again in the beginning.
I'm pretty sure there is a way to do it but I can't find it.

It would be nice if you could let Ableton trigger the sample at the loop startpoint and let it play completely even though due to the looping the sample is again retriggered....

Rpro is right.
It Sounds like your warp points need looking at as the clip should play whole before looping, start there..
But it depends on how you use the clip, if you change to the session view rather than the clip view and you just drop the sample onto the time line and then repeat it as many times as you need. It will play in full with its tail. But this is more like using Ableton as a traditional DAW.
You could also add a Clip envelope and fade the sample out that way, little E in the clip management box near the warp functions.
Alternately open said sample in a Wav editor and add silence after sample.

I think you need to check the multitude of free tutorials on the Ableton website, a couple of hours there and you will really pick up some good tips and tricks.. Hate to say it but R.T.F.M. its written well and it will tell you all you need to know.

I dont use the simpler/sampler alot but i think sampler is basically a expanded simpler witch allows you to map up several samples (i think under the zone tab). Also it adds some further jimbojambo.

Cheers