The taxpayer can try to convince the IRA custodian to reissue the 1099-R as a withdrawal of excess contributions.
Otherwise, she make a contribution to an IRA and withdrew it and there isn't anything you can do to change that on the tax return.
"$4K from her bank to her IRA"
If she did in in the same tax year and nearly immediately (no earnings), it's as if it never happened. That would make it a corrective distribution.
"Box 8"
That's Box 7 Code 8.
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