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From a musical standpoint, digital limiters and limiting via clipping are options on the same field of play, judged by results. A combination of small, multiple moves often gets the best results, as the replies here support.
Most people doing the better mixing don't clip mixes, and mixers that are open to learn can be weened, if they do it already. Generally I ask the mixer for another pass with no clipping or limiting and go from there, nuff said. If needed an A/B can be used.
"Don't clip twice" is one idea, but not a dogma that always works. Making it sound as good 'as possible' means sometimes another stage of clipping can work better. Sometimes more distortion is more musical ... true in tracking and mixing, and even in mastering.
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