Decoding a JSON message does not touch unspecified or null fields;
always use a new underlying struct to prevent old field values from
sticking around.

Fixes: #14640

Change-Id: Ica78c208ce104e2cdee1d4e92bf58596ea5587c8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/23483Reviewed-by: Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org>