How can I choose individual playlists and/or songs when syncing with iCloud?

It was pretty intuitive before iCloud, when I was only syncing (wired via USB) with iTunes on my MacBook Pro.
I would select my iPhone's name in the left-hand column of iTunes, and then select the category of what I wanted to sync. From there, I could pick particular playlists, songs, TV shows, movies, podcasts, photo folders, etc. to synchronize to my device. I felt that I had complete control over every single thing that synced to my iPhone. Very Cool!
When I made the decision to automatically backup wirelessly (Wi-Fi) on iCloud, there was a notice that my iPhone would no longer sync with iTunes. Now, I find that there is no longer any way that I can make choices of what is backed up and/or transferred to my iPhone. All I can find is broad categories of whether to sync ALL music, ALL videos, ALL photos, etc. How can I regain the freedom to choose precisely what is synced to my iPhone?
I'm assuming that every time I want to make a change (even adding a single music video) to on my phone, I need to do all of the following:
1. Go to "Settings".
2. Click "iCloud".
3. Scroll to bottom og the page.
4. Click "Storage & Backup".
5. Turn off iCloud Backup.
6. Connect to iTunes on computer with USB cable.
7. Make desired syncing changes, etc.
8. Disconnect cable
9. Turn iCloud Backup back on., etc.
This surely doesn't meet Steve Jobs' simplicity definition of being "able to do anything with 3 clicks or less."
I don't see this addressed anywhere in Apple's documentation. It would be helpful if they at least had a list of what is backed =up in each place, and how people should manage backing up their devices on each.
Are the two methods of backup mutually exclusive? Or, should they be complimentary? (With all of the extra keystrokes?)
Is there any meaningful difference between syncing with iTunes via USB or wirelessly?
Will iTunes in the Cloud simplify the backup and restore process? Or make it even more complicated?

Ever since iTunes 11, that capability is not there. The Popularity displays in a column, but you cannot sort on it.
If you would like to make a suggestion to Apple, use the iTunes Feedback page:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

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