It very well might be the clutch going out. My Sebring had exhibited much the same behavior for shifting into reverse, at the time it got totalled.
I know on my Sebring, the clutch fork was made of this really soft iron, which was slowly eroding against the pilot bearing. It appeared to be a well-known failing of its transmission, and it caused the shifting to feel like to clutch was going out. The fix was to either purchase an upgraded hardened clutch fork from one of the speed shops specializing in Chryslers, or install a hardened pad on the existing clutch fork.
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