Just a couple of thoughts:
1. I did the same thing to myself the other day. I chose to fix it by just creating a new project, then imported only the actual clips I intended to have present, and that took care of it.
2. I don't know if this would work, but what would happen if you created a new clip with the name of the missing one? Would that make the error go away?
Anyways, option 1 worked for me. Good luck,
Bob Bone