A single load using multiple plugs is generally "frowned upon" for very good reasons, so the only valid reason to have a 20A circuit feeding 15A outlets is simply to have *more* 15A outlets, or multiple <15A high-draw loads on the same circuit (which under load calculation rules is effectively the same thing: max outlet count is based on estimated load per outlet)
The 'daisy chain' configuration I was talking about is for the in-wall wiring: power from the breaker goes to one device, then it's "daisy chained" *through* that device to the next one.
Also, the only case where you *can't* use a 15A outlet on a 20A circuit is when you only have a single outlet. It's actually rather difficult to break that rule though, since the vast majority of devices are duplex (two outlet), and as such meet the "more than one outlet on the circuit" criteria.
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