how clone bodhi from separate SSD to SSD in laptop

Unfortunately, I do not believe there would be an easy way. To my knowledge cloning drives with OSes on them and using them in other machines almost never works. There are way to many details in the OS that would conflict or at least manually need to be changed, etc. Device UUIDs would be incorrect, etc..

I suggest performing a typical install from USB drive on the laptop. Maybe just run a live session of USB?

You are most welcome. Unfortunately, it would not matter if the drive is brand new or formatted to be like new.

That said, once you have installed Bodhi Linux a couple of times, you start to get a good feel for how you would like your system to be. Our resident Moksha guru, thewaiter, often tells community members that he can configure his entire environment in about 5 minutes. My personal config does not take much longer (he's the guru!! ) and that includes setting up a Plex server, migrating RAID, etc. on bare metal.

One trick I learned early on is, when you run a successful command that completes a configuration you like/need, simply copy the command to a text editor. Note, copy and paste in Terminology, Bodhi Linux's default terminal emulator, are Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V respectively.

For multi-step configurations, each command that is successful can be helpful/worthwhile to save. Each time you run your system and learn more, just add to this text file. You can add comments to the commands so you remember what they do/are. Another nice thing about this is they are your notes, so you can write whatever makes sense to you. Additionally, you can email this list of commands or steps to take to yourself, then you even have your handy list backed up!

I'm old school and like printed directions - I have a three ring binder of Bodhi and general Linux tips/tricks/walk-throughs.

Anyway, hopefully some helpful ideas. Be well!