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I came to the conclusion that my handle clips are not correct for the car. The two doors have different clips in them, and neither is flush even though they are in all the way (confirmed by visual inspection and additional hammering for good measure). They can't be pushed forward anymore. So I cut off the parts that were interfering with the weatherstrip and put the weatherstrip on. If I ever need to remove the door handles I would've needed to remove the door panels and drop the glass anyways. So nothing changed for me there.

Each door uses a different clip so maybe they’ve gotten mixed up with rear to front or left to right.

The clips should stick out 1/32" or so, so you can get a flathead screwdriver under them easily, but not more than that.