Why is Distiller butchering this rasterization?

I have a 300dpi PNG in a Word 2003 Doc.  I print to Adobe PDF using Press Quality -- 2400dpi, "Convert smooth lines to curves", and no image compression.  I've zoomed in on part of the image as rendered in Word, and the same part as rendered in Acrobat after printing, at which point it looks awful.  What can I do to preserve the image quality?
In Word:
And in Acrobat:
Don't know if it's relevant, but image source is a PNG from AI with transparent background and gradient set in Word.

Yes, origin is vector design in Illustrator.
So I've imported the image into Word and printed to Adobe PDF, and every one of the following variations produces comparably bad rasterization:
Straight EPS
Conversion to PNG at 300dpi, white background, no background added in Word
Conversion to PNG at 300dpi, transparent background, Gradient background added in Word
Again, because there are no rasterization artifacts visible in Word, nor when I print to physical media (which I just thought to test), I'm assuming the breakdown is occurring within Acrobat Distiller.
I guess I could post a .docx with the variant you think would be appropriate to test and someone with another version of Acrobat could see if it's a problem with this older version?

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