I would hot key a movement key and pass it on to the hunter via keyclone. I know some folks will pass the S key to the hunter and tap it as they head into battle.
With my shaman set up I use the N52 game pad and pass the directional buttons to my clones. If I want to maintain distance I will tap it and even more importantly having turn movements available to me allows me to turn them in battle on the fly.
If I did not have my N52 I would most likely rebind my movement keys on my clones to Shift-WASD