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HTML

<input type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Informe o e-mail" value="" name="email" id="emailCliente" required>

<button onclick="abrirModal()">
Abrir Modal
</button>

JavaScript

function abrirModal(){
    var element = document.getElementsByName("email")[0];
    element.focus();
}