The issue is the tracking as much as the clipping.
The tracking on those enemies is one of the central parts of their attack; if you're in front of them when they've wound-up then you'd better respond in some way or you're getting hit. If you don't want to do that then get behind them during the massive start-up their attack has, as they can't track you at all then (and are easy to backstab).
There are a few enemies who I would say are a bit overzealous in their tracking but not them. There are several enemies and attacks in the earlier games that would be nothing without tracking either (Ornstein's dash-stab is a pretty direct parallel, and even has similar janky clipping with the pillars).