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Yes, IMO. If the cinch rolls up against the gate (relying on the gate strength), you could be in trouble, but if its set and checked in a good choke, [U]I think[U] that you're going to be hard pressed to break it. A slip and shockload with little rope in the system, with a bad leverage...

If you are up close while cinching, rather than running up a choke with the snap, you can add a prussic'ed on loop of tech cord to your lanyard, so that you can clip into it, perhaps after doing a 540 degree wrap. Have you seen this?

They will say don't do it. Only end load. A snap is one solid piece of steel, with a moving gate that is the weak point, if loaded against it. The carabiner has the gate integrated into the structure. The gate is the weak point. Running a snap up a rope might abrade the rope across the top...

Try to damage an old snap. See how far you get. Try to damage an old biner. See how far you get. I doubt side D's are not rated. I think it has to be that they aren't meant to hang from, as they don't engage the leg loops.