snip..... here are a few 'gameified' situations in the clip, such as using a mage hand to shove an enemy, where shoving is considered an attack action and mage hand can not take any attack actions. .....snip"
I think I have a reason why the cantrip is more powerful. Swen stats at 0:27:05 in the stream that when he jumped he was helped by the little tadpole in his head. Maybe the Tadpole is enhancing the cantrip to function like it does to allow the shove with the mage hand. It would also explain why there is a spell-like effect when he jumps. (just a speculation until confirmed.)