I seem to remember placing vines under tripwire/string in past versions, but in 1.12 I am unable to place vines in the space immediately below a tripwire. If you have vines in that space and place tripwire above them, it deletes the vines.
To duplicate:
Place a block
place string above the space next to the block
try to place vines on the sid of the block that has string over it
Duplicate of MC-118221